Monday’s Headlines

Newsom signs bill on corporate climate accountability; EJ and cap-and trade; AVs have a big trust issue; More

By Melanie Curry

8:45 AM PDT on October 9, 2023

Image: Momentum Mag

Environmental justice and California's cap-and-trade system (Resources)
Governor Newsom signs many bills, among them on corporate accountability for climate emissions (PBS)
And another bill requiring a study on the safety of heavy vehicles (Times of San Diego)
AVs have a trust issue (Jalopnik)
BART to San Jose costs are rising (Bloomberg)
Air quality monitoring is getting closer to the sources of pollution (Phys.org)
Cities were not designed for women (Euronews)
Singapore charges a very big fee just to own a car there (CNN)
"They pay for themselves": Australian families ditch cars for e-bikes (The Guardian)
France embraces the "company bike" (Taipei Times)

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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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