Today’s Headlines

8:06 AM PST on November 18, 2021

When the pedestrian death crisis hits home (The Atlantic)
Oakland asks for feedback on making Chinatown streets safer (Oaklandside)
Palo Alto plans "microtransit" network (Palo Alto Online)
In search of transportation equity (MZ Strategies)
CA has the most zero emission trucks and buses - and jobs - in the nation (EDF)
State allows heavier trucks on roads "to ease port snarls" (Transport Topics)
US National Parks will "look into" zero-emission transit (SF Chronicle)
Local-hire provision included in infrastructure bill (Patch)
Restricting AirBnB reduces development (Harvard Business Review)

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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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