Today’s Headlines

8:23 AM PST on January 5, 2023

Rain, floods, power outages, and more coming (Reuters, SF Chronicle, LA Times, Mercury News)
Houseless people are suffering (LA Times, SF Chronicle)
Keeping an eye on the RR tracks in San Clemente - no further storm damage so far (Mass Transit)
The biggest barrier to biking is fear of cars (Treehugger)
The many many many benefits of e-bikes (Planetizen)
Electric SUVs are terrible (The Atlantic)
What sound should electric vehicles make? (The Guardian)
Low bar? L.A. ranks within the top 9 North American cities for transit access; S.F. is #2 (Yahoo!)
Transit's hiring difficulties (Transit Center)
Caltrans creates a way for transit agencies to track, share ridership and fare data (GCN)
Bakersfield transit expands on-demand service (Mass Transit)
Stop giving handouts to corporations in the hope of jobs, economic uplift (Route Fifty)
Golden Gate Bridge district gets $400M for seismic work (The Bay Link)

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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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