Thursday’s Headlines

Why can't you ride a bike from Oakland to SF? CARB needs to reform its low carbon fuel standards; Robotaxi companies are lobbying hard, and it shows; More

By Melanie Curry

8:45 AM PDT on August 24, 2023

The Bicycle Snake in Copenhagen. Photo: Momentum Mag

Why can't you ride a bike from Oakland to San Francisco? (SF Standard)
Here's some really great bicycle infrastructure - in other countries (Momentum Mag)
Federal grants for ZEV buses benefit Livermore-based bus maker (Independent News)
Robotaxi companies spent millions on lobbying state and local officials (SF Standard)
Newsom supports autonomous vehicle industry (Politico)
CARB needs to reform its fuel standards and stop giving money to inadequately clean fuels (NRDC)
Is a company buying up land near the Sacramento River so it can build a new city there? (SF Chronicle)

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Melanie Curry

@StreetsblogCal

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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