Today’s Headlines

8:22 AM PDT on June 17, 2021

Conserve energy, or else: Heat and drought are straining power systems (AP)
SoCal legislators want high-speed rail money for local transit (SF Chronicle)
Four ways transit can lure commuters back (Bloomberg)
Clearlake is flush with money for infrastructure (Lake County News)
EVs won't save us (Marker)
Trucking trade associations say AB5 - new rules on independent contractors - changes long-standing industry practice (Transport Topics)
Cargo bikes are popular in Lisbon (European Cyclists' Federation)
Ode to a small bridge in Santa Barbara (Edhat)

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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