Tuesday’s Headlines

Fifth climate assessment released; Scientists are working for us for free; Eliminating dangerous e-bike batteries; Lots about 10 Fwy closure and transit alternatives; More

By Melanie Curry

8:44 AM PST on November 14, 2023

Climate assessment report: "Every bit matters" (LA Times)
Pay science communicators (LA Times)
Call for CALPERS to divest from fossil fuel, anti-union companies (Sacramento Bee)
Hold big corporations accountable for climate change (Northern Star)
SUVs and pickups are deadly in pedestrian crashes (Mercury News)
Eliminating the sale of dangerous e-bike batteries (Clean Technica)
10 Freeway closed due to fire:
- "Long traffic nightmare" ahead? (Bloomberg)
- Make transit options excellent now, while freeway is under repair (LA Times)
- Transit service expands (KTLA)
- We can't keep treating car travel as sacrosanct, neglecting all other modes (Medium)
How the American commute is changing (NY Times)
Wasteful highway boondoggles, part 7 (USPIRG)
San Diego city council rejects package of housing incentives (San Diego Union Tribune)

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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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