Today’s Headlines

8:35 AM PST on December 13, 2021

L.A. can no longer afford to push bikes and buses aside (LA Times)
Pasadena's streets are fast and fatal (Colorado Boulevard.net)
DMV on the hot seat because of its lax approach to regulation Tesla, and AVs (LA Times)
Asm Garcia proposes bill to ban freeway expansions through disadvantaged communities (LA Times)
SANDAG approves regional plan, without mileage tax (Time of San Diego)
- The other big tax expectations in SANDAG's plan (Patch)
California will finally require smog checks for heavy-duty trucks (Phys.org)
People are moving to Bakersfield (NY Times)
Researchers study Pamplona's running of the bulls to understand human movement (ABC)
Get ready to start composting that food waste (LA Times)
How reuse systems can impact cities (GreenBiz)
How the world could reduce plastic production (Grist)

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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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