Today’s Headlines

8:16 AM PST on March 3, 2022

Five takeaways from the IPCC report on climate change (NY Times)
- Which warns that not taking action NOW will be catastrophic (Reuters, LA Times, NY Times)
Saratoga works on its safe routes to school master plan (Mercury News)
Del Mar City Council rejects plan for shorter rail fence along RR tracks (Mass Transit)
Republican lawmakers complain about guidance on infrastructure package (The Hill)
FHWA plans to adopt a Complete Streets policy (Newsweek)
How suburban zoning in L.A. contributes to racial disparities (LAist)
Alarming disparities in which groups were hit harder by COVID (LA Times)
Sure, L.A. is walkable (LA Times)
One in three Dutch adults rides an ebike (Electrek)

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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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