Monday’s Headlines

Average American car is overweight; CPUC approves AVs despite strong opposition, and AVs are not ready; More

8:30 AM PDT on August 14, 2023

The average American car is over 1k lbs heavier than in the 1980s - gained 175 lbs in the last year (Bloomberg)
CPUC approves autonomous cars despite strong public and official opposition (The Guardian, Planetizen)
Absolutely not ready: Cruise blames too many people on cell phones for its monumental failures in a traffic jam (SF Chronicle)
Debauchery in robotaxis (SF Standard)
It's back to work for CA legislators (Sacramento Bee)
E-bike companies fight for exclusion to right to repair laws (Electrek)
E-bus maker Proterra tried to find a buyer before bankruptcy (Axios)
Maui already had a housing shortage, and the fire in Lahaina raises fears of locals being priced out (NY Times)
Nine car-free cities in Europe (The Mayor.eu)

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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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