Today’s Headlines

8:17 AM PDT on September 7, 2022

It's hot (Daily Beast)
That text alert seemed to help cut power demand and avoid blackouts (Bloomberg)
Bay Area transit is struggling in the heat (NBC)
LA Times grades past California climate efforts
Redlands rail almost ready for riders (Mass Transit)
That time Harvey Milk said SF should "ban cars" from South of Market (Mass Transit)
How a dangerous highway became a park (Governing)
Lessons from Japan on traffic safety (Bloomberg)
Why CA's parking reform matters for housing and climate (Governing)
Podcast: What would it be like if California replaces strip malls with housing? (CalMatters)
San Jose school land to be sold for single family homes (San Jose Spotlight)
San Francisco braces for an epic commercial real estate crash (San Francisco Standard)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

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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