Today’s Headlines

8:40 AM PST on February 10, 2023

CA considers charging higher taxes for heavy vehicles, which cause more wear and tear on roadways (SF Chronicle)
Muni deficit could lead to service cuts (ABC)
Bus driver shortage has the attention of LA City Council (CBS)
Bill would require any self-driving trucks being tested on CA roads to have a human operator inside (Tech Crunch)
Business Insider adds yet more evidence on the effects of induced demand
Agencies come together to "solve" congestion and flooding on Highway 37 across top of bay (CBS)
Proof that requiring less parking leads to more housing (Sightline Institute)
The fastest growing group of homeless people is seniors (CalMatters)
Exide "cleanup" leaves frustration and contamination (LA Times)

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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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