Today’s Headlines

8:43 AM PST on December 30, 2021

Covid case numbers are breaking records (AP)
More on Caltrans Complete Streets policy (Mass Transit)
Bay Area transit agencies need bus operators - but so does everybody (Mercury News)
Seven walkable cities - and what makes them so (Travel Awaits)
Record-breaking snowfall in Tahoe, but stay away (SF Chronicle)
- The roads are blocked and emergency crews are busy (Record Courier)
CA invests millions in Kern, Tulare County freeways (Sun Gazette)
Port of Oakland receives federal grant for green energy, emission reductions (Local News Matters)
Tribal nations' role in conserving water, resources (LA Times)
A wildlife preserve in the Tehachapis (LA Times)

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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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