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)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

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Melanie Curry

Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, since her early days commuting by bike to UCLA long ago. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, and edited Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center. She also earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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