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Permanent car-free Hayes St? No right turns on red? And why aren't new cars safer for people outside them? Carbon pollution costs a lot; More

By Melanie Curry

8:33 AM PDT on September 27, 2023

Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Advocates push for permanent car-free Hayes Street in SF (SF Examiner)
SF Supervisor calls for ban on right turns on red lights (SF Chronicle)
Oakland lowers speed limits on several corridors (Oaklandside)
Why aren’t new cars safer for people outside them? (AP)
Newsom should sign bill to clean up orphan oil wells (Capitol Weekly)
- …and to decriminalize fare evasion (CalBike)
Pollution is expensive, and industry will have to pay (Clean Technica)
Boost in solar energy and EV sales gives hope on climate, but….. (AP)
New state watchdog questions recent gas price fluctuations in California (Politico, San Diego Union Tribune)
AV industry is spending big on lobbying against safety (Jacobin)

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Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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