Today’s Headlines

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

By Melanie Curry

8:44 AM PDT on October 12, 2022

CalBike‘s legislative wrap-up
Pop-up bike lanes boost bike ridership and improve air quality (Phys.org)
What if Apple made an e-bike? (Bloomberg)
AC Transit working on using e-buses as power generators (NGT News)
OCTA workers vote to strike (Mass Transit)
Monterey-Salinas transit piloting app for easy access to contactless transit discounts (GovTech)
Placer County looking for input on transit needs (Roseville)
Can Los Angeles get people out of their cars? (City Monitor)
Biden proposes gig worker protections that sounds familiar to Californians (NY Times)
In Bloomington, a scooter rider is killed by a (drunk, speeding) driver, so the city limits… scooters (WRTV)
More on drivers relying too heavily on driver assist technology (Jalopnik)
Thought experiment: Should the state pay people to drive EVs? (Energy Institute at Haas)
More states ponder mileage taxes as gas tax revenue shrinks (Pew Trusts)
London improved its air quality by charging polluting drivers – and adding a lot of EV chargers (Bloomberg)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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