Monday’s Headlines

People fight over bike lanes but come around in the end; Drivers getting more distracted; CalEnviroScreen is "flawed"; More

By Melanie Curry

8:22 AM PST on February 26, 2024

Updated Regional Transportation Plan is "crucial to Imperial Valley's future" (Desert Sun)
Developers submit plan for 700 units at North Berkeley BART station (Berkeleyside)
People want to argue and resist changes like adding good bike lanes - but they come around in the end (Momentum Mag)
American drivers are more distracted than ever (Vox)
Study: California's system for identifying "disadvantaged communities" is flawed (CalMatters)
Replacing an old power plant is not easy (Energy Institute at Haas)
Lake Tulare is mostly gone again (SF Chronicle)
How the city of Sacramento spent $105 million to "fix" homelessness (Sacramento Bee)
Cautionary tale: In South Korea, the biggest polluters are profiting off carbon trading (Time)

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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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