Wednesday’s Headlines

New NASA data shows unhealthy pollution over cities; Bill to remove human noise as an environmental impact moves forward; It's hard out there for electric bus manufacturers; More

By Melanie Curry

8:45 AM PDT on August 30, 2023

Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

New data from NASA shows unhealthy levels of nitrogen dioxide over US cities (Houston Public Media)
Building our way out of the climate crisis takes a vision (Capitol Weekly)
State, San Bernardino reach agreement to increase housing; a warning to cities (Davis Vanguard)
A bill to remove human noise as an environmental impact moves forward, but it will take time to play out (CalMatters)
E-bus manufacturers have a lot of business right now, but they're still having a tough time (Smart Cities Dive)
There's a market for e-vans for vanpools (Business Wire)
Who votes in California? (PPIC)
More details emerge on "vision" to build a new city in Solano County (KQED,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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