Tuesday’s Headlines

Newsom signs infrastructure bill; Alternatives to the gas tax are sorely needed; How I learned to hate cars and what I'm doing about it; More

By Melanie Curry

8:40 AM PDT on July 11, 2023

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Governor Newsom signs last-minute infrastructure bill with CEQA streamlining (Sacramento Bee, Mercury News)
How I learned to hate cars and what I'm doing about it (CNET)
Oil companies are laughing while the world burns (Heated)
Alternatives to the unpopular and insufficient gas tax are needed (SSTI)
Housing planned near San Jose light rail station (Mercury News)
Zero-emission bus-only lanes in Pomona close to breaking ground (Daily Bulletin)
Port of LA gets infrastructure grants (Random Lengths News)
Los Angeles to test out idea of "car-free blocks" (Smart Cities Dive)

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Melanie Curry

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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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