Today’s Headlines

8:46 AM PDT on April 25, 2023

California's attempts to turn cow farts into energy is threatening people's health (Capital & Main)
On "accidentally" going car free - and loving it (The Source)
Transit agencies ask for $5 billion to keep them operating (SF Chronicle, CalMatters)
Meanwhile state hands out millions for transit and rail expansion:
- San Jose, for BART-light rail connection (Mercury News, Fox)
- Santa Cruz, for hydrogen buses and fueling stations (KION, KSBW)
- Several Bay Area projects (SF Gate)
Bill would bring speed cameras to a few cities - but there is opposition (Press-Telegram)
The tragedy of parking (Planetizen)
Traffic lights are for cars (LA Times)
Congressmembers from both parties urge feds to give $10 billion to private company planning Nevada-California high speed rail (AP, Washington Post)
State seeks feedback on plan to toll Highway 37, threatened by sea level rise (Napa Valley Register)
California updates its plan for sea level rise (KQED)
Utility customers paid for lawsuit against Berkeley's gas ban (Sacramento Bee)
Utilities are slow to turn the lights on (Politico)

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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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