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Today’s Headlines

8:22 AM PDT on August 23, 2021

    • Tesla investigation, long overdue, could lead to more safety outcomes (Slate)
    • Court rules Prop 22 - claiming ride-hail drivers are contractors - unconstitutional (AP)
    • How to move beyond recycling (Heated)
    • Not good for air quality: CA plans to lean on diesel to avoid power blackouts (KQED)
    • What if buses and subways were free to ride? (LA Times)
    • It's easier to build new highways than new subways (Slate)
    • The top ten economic benefits of walkable places (CNU)
    • To fight climate change, California needs to reorganize state government (CalMatters)
    • Amazon ponders malls (The Atlantic)

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Melanie Curry
@StreetsblogCal

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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