Tuesday’s Headlines
This heat is not normal; Who gets arrested for climate crimes? Driverless vehicle developers say "humans are terrible drivers" but are AVs so great? More
8:47 AM PDT on July 18, 2023
- This heat is not “normal” (LA Times)
- Who gets arrested for climate crimes? (Hint: Not the perpetrators) (Heated)
- All this heat, and they are still digging Tioga out of the snow (Mercury News)
- What happens when cities make car-free streets? They profit$ (World Crunch)
- AV developers say “humans are terrible drivers.” Pshaw (Slate)
- Santa Monica is testing automatic camera enforcement for bus lanes (KTLA)
- Sacramento can become more pedestrian and bike-friendly (SacTown Magazine)
- Can we live close to our friends? (Bloomberg)
- Hydrogen is too expensive (GovTech)
- How the drought increased carbon emissions (Grist)
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