Monday’s Headlines

EPA finalizes limits on particulate pollution; VMT back to pre-COVID levels; SANDAG makes plans to add 200 new freeway miles; More

By Melanie Curry

8:25 AM PST on February 12, 2024

More on EPA finalizing limits on particulate pollution (Grist)
VMT back to pre-COVID levels in 2023 (Eno Transportation)
SANDAG makes plans to add 200 new freeway miles (KPBS)
Opinion: Biking in LA is fun. Let's make it safe (LA Times)
Golden Gate Bridge directors to consider increasing tolls at hearing next week (Patch)
Everyone making their pitch, pro and con, about Dodger Stadium gondola (LA Times)
In New York, new evidence shows speed cameras discourage speeding - except among a group of incorrigible scofflaws (Bloomberg)
A deep dive into the farm bill (Food & Environment Reporting Network)
LA made it this time. But the weather is only going to get worse (LA Times)
How the candidates for California Senator differ (Mercury News)

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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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