Thursday’s Headlines

Earth already passed that climate threshold; Banning fossil fuels in heating; AVs still causing concern; More

8:36 AM PST on February 8, 2024

Image: Waymo

Study: Earth already passed the climate threshold (Grist)
AARP interviews people about what their communities were like before the interstate came through
A history of freeway building and financing - and a look at the future (UCLA ITS)
Santa Cruz transit is in transition (Good Times)
Americans make a lot of unnecessarily long daily trips - but there's a better way (Bloomberg)
High-speed rail is coming (LA Times)
An overview of e-bike issues and concerns (Annenberg)
San Francisco sets new standards for e-bike and scooter safety (now can they do cars?) (SF Examiner)
Bill would give local leaders authority over AVs in their jurisdiction (Supply Chain Quarterly)
Waymo AV hits a bike rider in San Francisco (Spectrum)
States work together to ban fossil fuel use in heating (Route Fifty)
CA's low carbon fuel standards support factory farms, pollution nationwide (Food and Water Watch)
LA's "one weird trick" to increase affordable housing: fast-tracking approval (CalMatters)
All these floods show how important sewer infrastructure is (The New Republic)

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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