Wednesday’s Headlines

8:34 AM PDT on July 12, 2023

Into the future, expect more flooding (AP)
- ... and landslides (LA Times
- … coming faster and faster (Salon)
The people who grow and harvest our food are on the front lines of climate change (KQED)
- …and financial instability (CalMatters)
We need our rivers to be healthy (NY Times)
More on potential speed camera pilot (Sacramento Bee)
Rail lines in San Clemente set to reopen after landslides (KTLA)
How to handle bikelash (Momentum Mag)
In London, there are now more bikes than cars on the roads (Forbes)
Robotaxis, about to be approved, are not popular (The Verge)
What's incomplete about Complete Streets? (Planetizen)

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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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