Today’s Headlines

8:43 AM PST on December 9, 2022

But we knew this: LA has grown deadlier for pedestrians (Mass Transit)
Active Transportation Program to fund:
- $80M for Santa Barbara projects (KEYT)
- $115M for 7 miles of Santa Cruz bike/rail trail (Lookout, Mass Transit)
Riders are returning to Santa Maria transit (Santa Maria Times)
More cities are reducing parking requirements (LA Times)
Autonomous taxis are causing trouble in SF (Slate)
California plans an electrification network for the future (EDF)
California's plan for net zero carbon (NASDAQ)
Republicans try again to suspend gas tax (Landline)
Study: Renewables will take over fossil fuels as main source of electricity generation worldwide by 2025 (CNBC)
CA to decide the fate of rooftop solar next week (LA Times)
Covid and the flu are surging in Bay Area (SF Chronicle) and LA (LA Times)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

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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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