Today’s Headlines

8:29 AM PDT on July 21, 2022

Climate change is not abating (IPCC)
Heat waves threaten US transit system (Bloomberg)
Bus operators are in crisis - but there are solutions (TransitCenter)
Like in California, Northeast states' climate work has equity problems (Bloomberg Law)
Another delay for Muni's Central Subway (Mass Transit Magazine)
New 6th Street bridge being used as designed (racing, skating, climbing) (LA Times)
$84 billion in federal transportation grants awarded so far: rail and EVs (Smart Cities Dive)
Can Reconnecting Communities program repair the breach? (NRDC)
Cars make cities hotter (TreeHugger)
Why are we so obsessed with cars? (CNET)
Pomona approves brief moratorium on warehouses while they study them (Daily Bulletin)
San Francisco worries about how to get back to its busy "normal" (SFist)
Copy and paste is making San Francisco generic (New Yorker)
Why I love riding my bike (NPR)

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