Thursday’s Headlines
Vote on robotaxis today; Affordable housing can help fight inflation; Evictions are rising; COVID is back; More
8:34 AM PDT on August 10, 2023
- More on Caltrans carbon reduction strategies (Planetizen)
- We knew air pollution is bad but it’s even worse than we thought (OC Register)
- …and could make antibiotics useless (The Guardian)
- CA regulators to vote today on whether to allow more autonomous vehicles, taxis (Tech Crunch)
- The issue with AVs (The Atlantic)
- Another take on the resignation of the head of San Diego’s transportation efforts (Governing)
- COVID is back (SF Chronicle, LA Times)
- Minneapolis area built a lot of affordable housing, and tamed inflation (Bloomberg)
- Pandemic eviction moratoriums are ending, and eviction court is swamped (Oaklandside)
- Homelessness won’t be cured via policing, but by housing-first interventions (Route Fifty)
- CA water agency under investigation for failing to protect water quality (CalMatters)
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