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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)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry@StreetsblogCal

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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