Today’s Headlines

8:29 AM PST on March 4, 2021

First USPS data, now a new report finds that the "California Exodus" is not real (CalMatters)
Caltrans unveils vision for future of state transportation system (SCV News)
CA bill would make it easy to catch drivers who block buses (Times Herald)
Fresno launches new effort to pass a transportation sales tax measure (Fresno Bee)
New rules aim to take diesel trucks off SoCal roads (Daily Bulletin)
Unsafe streets and inequitable enforcement in marginalized communities (T4America)
Climate change and gentrification (CNN)
San Jose revamps plans for Diridon Station area - more office, hotel space (Mercury News)
The world finally started cutting emissions. Now we have to do a lot more (Huffington Post)
Big red flag: Oil industry saying it will back carbon pricing... instead of regulation (Fortune, Washington Post, Bloomberg)
To prevent future blackouts, speed up transition to renewable energy (SF Chronicle)
Ignoring staff, San Bernardino city council chooses master developer for Carousel mall (The Sun)
U.S. House of Reps passes sweeping voting reform measures to fight disenfranchisement tactics (Sacramento Bee)

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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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