Today’s Headlines

8:24 AM PDT on August 17, 2021

Federal government opens investigation into Tesla autopilot system (NY Times, NPR)
Bikes and buses should be the norm (Inside Climate News)
National City plans to turn a freeway underpass into a pedestrian plaza (San Diego Union Tribune)
Raleigh to make ebikes for couriers, deliveries (Financial Times)
Things that hold back climate policy (SP Global)
Climate change + pollution make each other - and their health impacts - worse (Grist)
Oh - and smoky air makes us more vulnerable to COVID, too (Grist)
Too much data? (Technology Review)
World Naked Bike Ride = nearly naked people riding bikes in Chicago (TimeOut)

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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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