Thursday’s Headlines

Earth is unhealthy for humans, and it's our fault; SF formally files request to revisit robotaxi decision; Berkeley landlords hold a party to celebrate the end of eviction moratorium and renters call them out; More

By Melanie Curry

8:42 AM PDT on September 14, 2023

San Francisco 2020. Photo by Peter Ensrud, Ensrud Photography

Earth is becoming unhealthy for human habitation, and it's the fault of humanity (AP)
Pedestrians in Sacramento "just want a sidewalk" (Sacramento Bee)
On-demand transit is cheap to ride, very expensive to run (LA Times)
San Francisco formally files request to revisit state's decision to allow more robotaxis (SF Standard)
Landlords celebrate end of the eviction moratorium with wine and cheese, and protestors disrupt the party (Berkeleyside)
San Francisco gets state funding for affordable housing, infrastructure, public transit (City of San Francisco)
At its current pace, San Francisco would take 263 years to meet housing element goals (SF Examiner)

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Melanie Curry

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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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