Today’s Headlines

8:38 AM PDT on April 12, 2022

The climate crisis will change your entire life (IPCC)
But that doesn't mean nothing can be done (Knowable)
Sierra Club: Newsom's gas tax rebate would stymie climate goals (CalMatters)
Claremont residents form coalition to fight for safer streets (Daily Bulletin)
Cops pull over a driverless vehicle - it wasn't easy (The Verge)
Japanese cities are built for toddler safety (Slate)
The future of streets (Eno)
Vision Zero at a crossroads (Bloomberg)
Pasadena DOT wants to join statewide mutual aid pact (Pasadena Now)
Searching for the remnants of rail in Cajon Pass (Daily Bulletin)
Tenant unions could help renters (Capital and Main)
Student newspaper at UC Berkeley nearly killed by apathy (SF Chronicle)

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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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