Wednesday’s Headlines

Plastics are environmentally harmful and growing; Police chases kill hundreds of bystanders; Electric truck charging hub opens in SoCal; More

By Melanie Curry

8:28 AM PST on February 28, 2024

Image: Electrek

Transit activists keep adding bus stop benches where needed (Oaklandside)
Plastics are bad for us, but the industry doesn't care (Heated)
Police chases kill hundreds of bystanders (SF Chronicle)
Electric truck charging hub opens at SoCal ports (Electrek)
- Spain has something to teach about cleaning up emissions at ports (Tomorrow's Affairs)
Location of Healdsburg SMART station looking more settled (NorCal Public Media)
E-bike incentives work (The Conversation)
Stop giving tax breaks to sports teams (Governing)

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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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