Today’s Headlines

8:33 AM PST on February 7, 2023

A modest proposal: If Berkeley (or any city) is going to accept traffic deaths, they should say so (Matthew Lewis)
E-bike riders ride farther and more frequently, and replace more car trips (Treehugger)
Healdsburg anticipates ATP grant for bike improvements (not approved yet, Press Democrat)
Bill would allow universities to regulate scooters (NBC)
Lyft rolls out docks for its e-scooters (Bloomberg)
Newsom calls for federal investigation into natural gas prices (Sacramento Bee)
Inland Empire's warehouse boom increased jobs, but are they worth it? (LA Times)
Judge rules Oakland can clear out long-established encampment (KQED)

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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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