Monday’s Headlines

Maybe Culver City's deal to end production could be a model for other cities; Walking is dangerous because cars; Tesla drivers have the highest crash rates; More

By Melanie Curry

8:33 AM PST on December 18, 2023

Electric school bus. Image from Thomas Built Buses, one of the suppliers of electric school buses in California

Maybe Culver City's landmark deal to end oil production could be a model for others (LA Times)
Rural school districts say electric buses won't work for them (GM Today)
Some city bus drivers aren't all that impressed with new bus technology (GovTech)
Golden Gate Bridge tolls will likely increase (Mercury News)
Walking is dangerous because cars (The Cool Down)
Participating in local affairs? You might have to wait five or more hours to give that public comment (LA Public Press)
Cruise is laying off a quarter of its workforce (TechCrunch)
Nobody's leaving the house anymore (Angie Schmitt)
Study: Tesla drivers have the highest crash rates; Ram owners are bad drivers (Lending Tree)

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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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