Today’s Headlines

8:05 AM PDT on June 7, 2021

A true LA transit fan: Meet Kenny Uong, rider extraordinaire (LA Times)
Traffic deaths are up even though people are driving less (The Hill)
House Democrats unveil their transport bill (Washington Post)
- NACTO's statement
- Transportation for America's statement
San Diego's La Mesa considers new zoning rules for housing transit-adjacent areas (San Diego Union Tribune)
Berkeley wins top spot for mid-size cities that are pretty good to bike in, from PeopleForBikes (Daily Cal)
Stockton's buses are going electric: Here's how (Advanced Clean Tech News)
CPUC approves driverless ride-hail by Cruise in California (The Drive, Tech Crunch)
EV incentives are great - but hard to access (dot.LA)
How walking became a radical act during lockdown (Financial Times Magazine)
The competition between autonomous vehicles and transit (MIT News)
Plan to wear your mask to the World Naked Bike Ride (WGNTV)

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Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, since her early days commuting by bike to UCLA long ago. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, and edited Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center. She also earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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