Today’s Headlines

8:21 AM PDT on March 22, 2023

New IPCC report on climate: Transportation must change, fossil fuels must go (Heated, SF Gate)
Walking around is good for kids (The Conversation)
NACTO study says bike lanes need to evolve to include more than bikes (BikePortland)
Who is driving e-cars? (CalMatters)
Study: People adapt to congestion by driving less; also, free parking encourages driving (SSTI)
Sierra Club wants State Route 37 (across top of San Francisco Bay) to be elevated
Downtowns have always evolved and will continue to do so (Governing)
Not funny: Affordable housing is beyond the reach of many (Informed Content)
CA to build tiny homes (Route Fifty)

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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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