Wednesday’s Headlines

Corporate climate accountability bill; Housing streamlining bill; Bill to end pretextual stops faces vote; More than just bills today

By Melanie Curry

8:52 AM PDT on September 13, 2023

AV truck. Image: Ryder

More on passage of bill on corporate climate accountability (CalMatters, Transport Topics)
Bill to ban AVs without humans drivers passes legislature (Tech Crunch)
Legislature passes housing streamlining bills (Mercury News)
Bill to end pretextual traffic stops faces vote (CalBike)
Berkeley's Ashby Avenue needs a safety overhaul (Daily Cal)
Are San Francisco cops giving out any traffic tickets? (SF Chronicle)
New cars are extremely vulnerable to hacking (The Atlantic)
Ahead of potential new rules, Rad Power Bikes to use only UL-certified batteries (The Verge)
Buying in bulk to quickly switch public fleets to EVs (Federation of American Scientists)
Central procurement could keep energy costs down (Capitol Weekly)
A federal experiment would give renters cash instead of vouchers (Vox)

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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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