Today’s Headlines

8:27 AM PDT on July 6, 2022

Climate change is still urgent (IPCC)
We can’t wait any longer to deal with heat waves (Treehugger)
High-speed rail opponents hope an inspector general will hamstring the program (CalMatters)
HSR in Central Valley guaranteed with bond funds (Construction Dive)
$300 million to plan for moving train tracks off Del Mar bluffs (Del Mar Times)
Bay Area transit should benefit from state budget (Railway Age)
What is the carbon footprint of the 4th of July? Bad air lingers (LA Times)
Why CA’s fossil fuel divestment bill failed (Capital & Main)

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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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