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)

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Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, since her early days commuting by bike to UCLA long ago. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, and edited Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center. She also earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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