Wednesday’s Headlines

• What Exxon’s CEO gets wrong about the climate crisis (LA Times)
• Berkeley considers adding a Fire Department position focused on reducing “street trauma” (Berkeleyside)
• Sacramento City Council wants to invest in safer streets – does it have the budget? (Sacramento Bee)
• California e-bike incentive workgroup recap (CalBike)
• Vancouver study finds e-bike rebates decreased car use (CTV News)
• Shifting transportation habits with cold, hard cash (The Urbanist)
• South Bay’s transit agency VTA is not happy with proposed regional transit measure (KQED)
• Suburban politicians support drivers, don’t want to help public transit (Politico)
• LA Metro bus drivers hold a sick-out over safety (The Center Square)
• LA plans digital bus shelters (GovTech)
• Federal “Build Green” bill seeks investments in public transit, carbon reduction (Inside Climate News)
• Existing CA rail lines garner federal funding (Newsweek, KION)
• It didn’t have to be this way: Patterns of sprawl in California’ Central Valley cities (Urban Institute)
• Owners of Pom Wonderful now want to develop warehouses in Kern County (LA Times)
• Amazon rolls out 50 zero-emission (electric) big rigs (Spectrum)
• Six guiding principles for transforming old malls into community hubs (Urban Land Institute)
• The depaving movement is growing (Clean Technica)
• Nature-based solutions are critical for dealing with climate change (Policy Options)

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