Today’s Headlines

7:45 AM PST on November 12, 2021

Every year, drivers crash into businesses; the impacts are long-lasting (Oaklandside)
Feds say California is ineligible for transit funding because of pension rules (ABC, Washington Post)
Public transit use must double, at least (Bloomberg)
Freeway building has displaced hundreds of thousands of people - and still is (LA Times)
New smog rule in SoCal could save lives (Grist)
Where toxic air pollutes neighborhoods (ProPublica)
Electric cars won't save the planet (Forbes)
The police are no help when you're trying to get your stolen bike back (LA Times)
Draft state redistricting maps would reshape key districts (AP)

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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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