Today’s Headlines

8:37 AM PDT on August 17, 2022

Dire effects expected as Mediterranean Sea heats up (AP News)
Drought is pushing power grid to the brink (Vox)
L.A. is spending billions to make climate change and transportation worse (LA Times)
L.A. needs bus-only lanes (CityWatchLA)
Safety changes coming to a freeway interchange in Marin County (MarinBike)
How BART is learning, and teaching, about early earthquake warning systems (BART)
How Oakland is replacing cops with unarmed emergency responders (Oaklandside)
California needs a red-eye train between LA and SF (SF Gate)
More on Bay Area's universal transit pass pilot (Mass Transit)
What will the climate bill actually do? (Christian Science Monitor)

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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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