Today’s Headlines

8:23 AM PST on February 4, 2022

After years of cuts, school buses for all kids may be back (LA Times)
Feds already estimating how much of the infrastructure bill could be stolen (Pew)
Include bike commuting in the morning traffic report (MinnPost)
Some countries pay people to commute by bike (Electrek)
Portland finds 70% of pedestrians killed in crashes were homeless (Oregon Live)
Federal help requested to mediate Del Mar RR fence dispute (Mass Transit)
Another bill to streamline Bay Area transit (San Mateo Daily Journal)
The post office is still buying gas delivery vehicles, despite climate order (NY 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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