Today’s Headlines

8:40 AM PDT on August 18, 2022

What the Inflation Reduction Act can do for local climate efforts (Governing)
- What's in it for bikes (People for Bikes)
One million square feet of L.A. roads are being covered with solar reflective paint (Fast Company)
LA Metro approves an ambassador program for transit safety (California Newswire)
In San Diego, transit ridership increasing (ABC)
Can your commute make you happy? (Grist)
When the American dream of the open road hits traffic, the fantasy feeds speed (New York Times)
Tracking the e-bikes abandoned by Bolt (Electrek)

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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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