Today’s Headlines

8:39 AM PDT on March 24, 2021

State bill would help transit riders by connecting Bay Area fare systems (SF Examiner)
CA, US Justice Dept in talks to settle lawsuit over promised HSR funding (Reuters)
Carpool lanes encourage EVs, but also inequity (Governing)
New center aims to assist in California's transition to electric vehicles (GovTech)
Cover California canals with solar panels? Study that (High Country News)
California's last nuclear plant is poised to shut down. What next? (Utility Dive)
Environmental damage by fossil fuel industry, not paid for, is a $600B annual subsidy (ArsTechnica)
Oakland launches guaranteed basic income program (SF Chronicle)
US Census will be six months late, delaying redistricting process (Capitol Weekly)
We could solve homelessness if we wanted to (Slate)
Bills to create more affordable housing in California (CalMatters)
Start cutting water use, California (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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