Today’s Headlines

8:17 AM PST on February 24, 2021

State auditor says CARB overstates climate benefits of its incentive programs (CalMatters)
People like commuting. So much so, they will fake commute (KRQE)
Berkeley City Council moves to end single family zoning (Fox)
Zoning for affordable housing isn't enough to create it (CalMatters)
To cut driving, remove free parking (Journalists Resource)
LA Metro could launch free fare pilot next year (Urbanize)
Much new and useful housing data is coming out of the pandemic (Urban Wire)
New USPS mail truck unveiled - very cute, but it's no bicycle (Jalopnik)
Utility customers are alarmingly behind on bills (San Diego Union Tribune)
Federal judge rules that California can enforce its net neutrality laws (AP)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, ever since commuting to school by bike long before bike lanes were a thing. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, editor of Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center, and earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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