Today’s Headlines

8:20 AM PDT on March 29, 2022

Climate change: still a problem (IPCC)
Fossil fuel use is destroying civilization (NY Times)
Gas tax rebates miss the point (Mass Transit)
Ban cars later, but pay people to buy gas now? (Capitol Public Radio)
Last-minute deal to extend renter protections has some serious flaws (CalMatters)
Colorado may pass an "Idaho Stop" law for bikes (Colorado Politics)
Deadly highways: Fewer crashes, but more fatalities (Capitol Weekly)
Valley Link Rail - from Alameda County to Central Valley - is a "funding priority" (Patch)
Federal transportation budget released (USDOT)
- $450 million in FTA grants for California transit expansion (Senator Feinstein)
- And $4 million for a hydrogen fueling station for Tri Delta Transit (East County Today)

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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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