Today’s Headlines

8:45 AM PST on March 1, 2022

It bears repeating: UN report urgent urgent climate action, NOW (LA Times)
Confirmed: California still in drought (SF Chronicle)
California climate action plans pay lip service to equity (CapRadio)
Your SUV is a killer (Slate)
The concept of induced demand is hard to explain (Governing)
Walkability is just one factor in neighborhood health profiles (Popular Science)
Fresno Co Supervisors refuse to fund a study into local health impacts of climate change (Fresno Bee)
Contactless fare-payment systems are great for students, route efficiency (GovTech)
Hundreds oppose Ontario plan to allow more warehouses (Daily Bulletin)
How San Jose has been spending Google money - housing, tenant assistance, more (Mercury News)
Irvine to forgo property taxes in return for "missing middle income" housing (OC Register)

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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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