Today’s Headlines

8:17 AM PDT on September 23, 2021

Why California needs to decriminalize jaywalking (Bloomberg)
Trying to cross the street should not be a crime (LA Times)
Dangerous intersection to see "safety upgrade" - a fence to keep pedestrians away from speeders (ABC7)
The case for funding bike infrastructure (Vox)
Sonora bus hub to get state money (My MotherLode)
With new evidence of harm from air pollution, WHO changes international guidelines (Guardian)
Lawsuit seeks to block bill that would allow denser housing (SF Chronicle)
Major school bus driver shortage (The Hill)
How LiDAR could help make roads safer (Mass Transit)
Most people never could work from home, and they kept the country going (NY Times)
The importance of coffee shops for some workers (Metropolitics)
How the Census will change California's Congressional districts (PPIC)

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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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