Today’s Headlines

8:40 AM PDT on September 17, 2021

Newsom signs bills allowing duplexes, quadplexes in single-family zones (Mercury News, SF Chronicle)
San Diego will scrap transportation/development guide to incorporate new state rules on VMT (Patch)
The U.S. is on the precipice of a transportation revolution (NRDC)
Except that the proposed e-bike tax credit was cut in half (Bicycle Retailer)
Wildlife crossing needed over Las Vegas high-speed rail - but btw, also over existing highway (LA Times)
Transportation pollution doesn't only come on wheels (EarthJustice)
Being a climate hawk in Congress has been a lonely job (Slate)
LA County to shut down urban oil fields (Capital and Main)
Chevron to invest a bit more on low-carbon fuels (Wall Street Journal)

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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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