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More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

By Melanie Curry

8:21 AM PST on February 15, 2022

Americans drive more than anyone else. A lot more (Frontier Group)
Pedestrian deaths spike, reckless driving surges (NY Times)
SF Bay Area officials consider tolls for all drivers on certain highways (ABC)
High-speed rail costs are rising (Planetizen)
There aren’t enough truck drivers because the job is terrible (NY Times)
UC Berkeley wants to increase enrollment; neighbors say they must consider housing, other consequences (Berkeleyside, LA Times)
A new model for affordable, missing middle housing? CapCHA, explained (Berkeleyside)
CA bill would require less plastic packaging from online retailers (SF Chronicle)

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