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Global methane emissions are rising due to human activity; Homelessness is growing, and our solution is to outlaw it; NHTSA will finally require vehicles to testing risk to pedestrians; More

  • Human activity is fueling a rise in global methane emissions (LA Times)
  • California's homeless population grew again this year (CalMatters)
  • We are trying to solve homelessness by making it illegal (Informed Comment)
  • CalBike's end-of-session recap of safe streets bills
  • NHTSA will finally set a rule to test vehicles on pedestrian risk (AP)
  • More on DMV looking for input on AV truck rules (TruckingInfo)
  • A contentious fight in SF over a coast road: cars or people? (Governing)
  • Rail through San Fernando Valley gets closer with federal grant (LA Times)
  • Ride Caltrain for free this weekend, with launch of new electric service (Mercury News)
  • Lyft says it's going all-in on bikeshare (Tech Crunch)
  • Berkeley considers new safety measures at its RR crossings - but a quiet zone like neighboring Emeryville's would be too expensive (Berkeleyside)
  • Video: Roseville looks for input on its public transit planning (YouTube)
  • Siemens is building first US facility to supply trainsets for Brightline HSR (Forbes)
  • Some tenants in El Sereno are buying Caltrans-owned homes they have rented for years (LA Times)
  • What $15.8 million grants for affordable housing will bring to San Bernardino (IE Community News)
  • Denver opened up applications for e-bike vouchers, and they were gone in one minute (Denverite)

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