Monday’s Headlines

CARB says CA ghg emissions are dropping; Is hydrogen the future of trains? Well... there are problems; Gov Newsom is signing bills; More

By Melanie Curry

8:43 AM PDT on September 23, 2024

Mural design by Jonny Pucci

CARB says CA greenhouse gas emissions are dropping, a bit (CARB, LA Times)
Is hydrogen the future for powering trains? Uncertain (World Economic Forum)
Oceanside Transit Center gets a mural (Fox5)
Planned development at Oceanside Transit Center is determined to have "no significant environmental impact" (San Diego Union Tribune)
Secret lobbying led to sudden appearance of a bill to water down California's lemon law (CalMatters)
SF Mayor Breed says city will tow away vehicles people are living in (SF Chronicle)
Oakland is bristling with surveillance cameras (KQED)
Can more reserves help even out CA gas prices? Mebbe (Energy at Haas)
Caltrans selling homes it bought for a freeway it never built; some residents are being left out (CalMatters)
Newsom signs package of housing bills (LA Times)

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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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