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Driving is increasing; School drop-off traffic is a huge problem; Driverless vehicles need an army of engineers; Speed warning bill COULD be a breakthrough, if the governor signs it; More

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  • People are driving more than before COVID (Axios)
  • School commute traffic is a huge problem for everyone (The Atlantic)
  • Speed warning bill could be a traffic safety breakthrough - if Governor Newsom signs it (Bloomberg)
  • Driverless vehicles need an army of engineers to operate (Jalopnik)
  • Transit app now features safe bike routes (Mass Transit)
  • It's art, but also a live map of the LA Metro (LA Downtown News)
  • SMART gets $7 million from federal Safe Streets for All program, for bike and pedestrian paths (Mass Transit)
  • How BART's new fare evasion gates work (they're not) (SF Standard)
  • San Jose is swapping out e-scooter companies (Spotlight)
  • Port of Stockton gambles on dirty hydrogen. Environmental groups file suit (Heatmap, Sacramento Bee)
  • Politics are getting in the way of San Francisco's climate goals (The Frisc)
  • Unwritten rule in the CA legislature: negotiate in secret with lobbyists, not in public (CalMatters)
  • Can a carbon market save the Amazon? (The Economist)
  • The Kern River is drying up (LA Times)
  • San Francisco says Oakland airport renaming is confusing travelers; SF airport sues (SF Standard, Mercury News, Local News Matters)
  • City council-commissioned analysis recommends that LA lower rent caps (LAist)
  • A new Costco in LA will come with 800 apartments above it (Fast Company)

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