Wednesday’s Headlines

• Study: Road diets don’t slow emergency response times (State Smart Transportation Initiative)
• E-bikes are changing the lives of families (SF Gate)
• E-bikes can do a lot more than people think (Clean Technica)
• Messed-up sidewalks are costing SF millions in lawsuits (SF Standard)
• San Diego to vote on a 1-cent tax hike in November, with a promise that it’s for transportation (San Diego Union Tribune)
• Maxine Waters convinces congressional committee to remove some funding from Inglewood People Mover project (Daily Breeze)
• But the project is moving ahead anyway (Progressive Railroading)
• US public charging stations set to surpass gas stations in about 8 years (Bloomberg)
• What happens when a city’s only local news source is controlled by the local industry – in this case, Chevron (LA Times)
• What happens when local community newspapers die (LA Times)
• When Kamala Harris sued Obama over fracking (Heated)
• Study: Universal Basic Income creates stability, flexibility, offers autonomy (and people spend it largely on basic needs) (Bloomberg, SF Chronicle)
• Data centers in Ireland are using up more electricity than homes (The Guardian)

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