Today’s Headlines

8:36 AM PST on March 9, 2023

Northern California's growing, varied rail network (Railway Age)
Some states consider ending right turns on red to address rising pedestrian deaths (Pew)
People are worried about self-driving cars (SmartCitiesDive)
L.A.'s curb space is valuable (Spectrum)
Washington follows California's lead, launches cap-and-trade (Bloomberg)
Salvaging and recycling building materials keeps that stuff out of landfills (Next City)
The convoluted arguments about homeless encampments (Vox)
Some California cities are booming (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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