Today’s Headlines

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

By Melanie Curry

8:28 AM PST on January 5, 2022

San Diego needs to do more to protect bicyclists (San Diego Union Tribune)
Penalties lowered for toll violations on Bay bridges (Bay Link)
Take a “bike bus” to school in San Francisco (SF Gate)
Five new driving laws in CA for 2022 (Daily Bulletin)
Get rid of one-way streets (Treehugger)
Staffing shortages at health care centers, hospitals (and schools and everywhere) as Covid cases surge (LA Times, San Diego Union Tribune)
Let street vendors thrive (LA Times)
Three ways remote work could change everything (Vox)
California’s clean truck mandates could be adopted in Massachusetts (Streetsblog Mass)
Caltrans rolling out rail plan to link Sonoma, Marin, Solano counties (Business Journal)
CA adopts rules with penalties for wasting water (CalMatters)

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