Today’s Headlines

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By Melanie Curry

8:34 AM PDT on April 27, 2022

Climate crisis continues (IPCC)
Newsom’s ploy on the gas tax worked: legislature knew it was unhelpful, and he gets to say “I tried” (Politico)
Cutting gas taxes doesn’t work (Governing)
But Republicans get a chance to grandstand on the issue (CA Senate Republicans)
And Newsom’s “rebate” for drivers is still a terrible idea (Times of San Diego)
South LA to pilot a Universal Basic Mobility program (Los Angeles Daily News)
- Including transit, bike-share, electric car share, and free transit passes (LA Times)
The gulf between who rides and who decides on transit (Transit Center)
Why CA rail projects fall behind and go over budget (Construction Dive)
We use sand and gravel at phenomenal, unsustainable rates (The Guardian)
LA and Long Beach ports will deploy 100 electric trucks (Transport Topics)
Driver gets a bit of jail time for horrific hit-and-run (Daily Bulletin)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

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