Tuesday’s Headlines

Newsom vetoes bill to require a human operator in driverless truck testing on public roads; Santa Crux goes all-on for hydrogen; Why CA is taking Big Oil to court; More

By Melanie Curry

8:30 AM PDT on September 26, 2023

Newsom vetoes bill that would ban testing driverless trucks without a human operator (Spectrum, Wired, LA Times, Reuters)
Santa Cruz Metro commits to hydrogen buses with purchase of 57 buses (Santa Cruz Sentinel, SF Gate)
"Transit Heritage" in San Francisco celebrates with rides on old trolleys (SF Chronicle)
Bay Area youth-led "Not One More Girl" anti-harassment campaign grows (Transit Center)
SANDAG votes to exclude a "mileage fee" from future regional plans (but don't say how to replace the funding) (PB Monthly)
USDOT announces federal grants for California rail projects (Senator Padilla)
- Some of it for high-speed rail program (SF Chronicle)
Business weighs in: How to shift to a carbon-free freight sector (Daily Bulletin)
Why CA is taking Big Oil to court, and why it matters (DeSmog)
Study: Carbon offsets are hurting, not helping climate fight (Mercury News)
SF NIMBYs are about to lose all their power to stop housing (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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