Today’s Headlines

8:42 AM PDT on August 22, 2022

It shouldn't be so hard to buy an electric car (LA Times)
It shouldn't be so hard to live without a car in LA (LA Times)
Here's what happens when a country uses bikes to fight climate emissions - it works (Wired)
Let's really talk about speed limiters on cars (Treehugger)
LA Metro CEO declares: We will build a people-centered transportation system (The Source)
Opinion: AC Transit prioritizes wealthy commuters over South Berkeley riders (Berkeleyside)
Podcast: CA high-speed rail is "having a moment" (SF Chronicle)
Converting idle commercial land to housing is a climate strategy too (CalMatters)
Housing bills held up by labor union disagreements (CalMatters)
What makes a healthy city? (Price School)

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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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