Today’s Headlines

8:32 AM PDT on March 16, 2022

Sorry - climate change has not been solved yet (IPCC)
Why won't officials promote ebikes? (Bloomberg)
Let's vote for clean air! A ballot initiative to reduce emissions (CalMatters)
Bill to suspend gas tax is blocked (and a "fix" for UC Berkeley enrollment passes) (CalMatters)
How are bicycles made? (Cycling News)
Electricity demand under California's climate policies will surely increase (Bloomberg)
Berkeley's black congregations are converting church property to affordable housing (Berkeleyside)
Amazon gets into affordable housing near transit (ABC News)
Why one of BART's lines is out of service (Mass Transit)
Water use up, despite drought (Cal Matters)

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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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