Today’s Headlines

8:17 AM PDT on June 10, 2021

Climate goals do not have to undermine a robust economy (Capitol Weekly)
Unions support high-speed rail (LA Times)
Fresno County approves local tax dollars to widen Highway 41 (KMPH)
The pitfalls of planning by bargaining (Planetizen)
Scary: Banks are outbidding potential residents on single family homes (UNC)
Report: California needs more than a million electric chargers (CA Energy Commission)
GM bargains for "flexibility" on auto emission standards (Reuters)
When is a cap on emissions not a cap? Under cap-and-trade (Energy at Haas)
Uber hikes fares, but drivers aren't seeing any of that (Washington Post)
The (not-so-)hidden dangers of big trucks (Consumer Reports)
Ideal cities of the future look like cities without cars (Shift)

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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