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CPUC to vote on allowing driverless vehicles, and Cruise wants to "blanket SF" with them; Strikes spread; Cities with streets that encourage speeding beg drivers to slow down; More

By Melanie Curry

8:51 AM PDT on August 8, 2023

Photo by Minerva Perez/Streetsblog California

This week: CPUC to vote on regulations for driverless vehicles (NBC)
Cruise CFO wants to “blanket” SF with its autonomous vehicles (Mission Local)
How college students could save public transit (Bloomberg)
In Visalia, public transit workers have been on strike for a month (ABC)
- Meanwhile, LA city workers are on strike (LA Times)
- and San Jose city workers vote to strike (SF Chronicle)
Alarmed by increasing injury rates, Lafayette tries to convince drivers to slow down on its wide, fast streets (Local News Matters)
Who made up this idea that trains facilitate crime? (Bloomberg)
Calpine to invest in a carbon-capture facility in Yuba City, hoping to prove the technology works (Sacramento Bee)

Find more California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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