Today’s Headlines

8:28 AM PDT on September 20, 2021

America has a car crash epidemic - and it's preventable (Vox)
When you're disabled, transportation can be difficult (Patch)
As bicycling increases, better protection is needed (Bakersfield.com)
Fremont gets award for safety, gives road diet the finger (Mercury News)
Culver City moves towards fully electric bus fleet (Patch)
San Jose Open Streets festival Viva Calle was a joyous car-free party (Mercury News)
Shortage of bus drivers is putting young students on public transit (California News Times)
Electric AVs will not solve emissions, let alone congestion (UK News Today)
League of Women Voter weighs in against preserving long-unused North Coast RR for coal transport (Times Standard)
What just happened with single-family zoning in California? (LA Times)
Housing solutions in the federal infrastructure bill (Prospect)
Why CA has the lowest COVID rate in the nation (SF Chronicle)

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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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