Friday’s Headlines

New, wider sidewalks in SF's Tenderloin; Environmental groups sue CARB over biofuels; Biden sets national climate goals; More

By Melanie Curry

8:53 AM PST on December 20, 2024

Image: Metrolink

Nonprofit trains formerly incarcerated people to work on bikes, run a business (CalMatters)
How to take public transit to the Rose Parade (KTLA)
Residents say new, wider sidewalks on Taylor St in SF's Tenderloin were "overdue" (SF Examiner)
San Francisco needs well-funded transit (Planetizen)
Environmental groups sue CARB over low-carbon fuel standards' not taking into account the environmental impacts of biofuels (KQED, Sacramento Bee, Union-Bulletin, AP)
CA Energy Commission says its oversight, new minimum inventory rules are helping reduce gas prices in CA (CEC)
CA subsidizes some of the dirtiest oil in the U.S. (Bloomberg)
Biden, on his way out, sets national climate goals (AP News)
Quebec plans to ban new gas-burning engines by 2035 (Electrek)

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Melanie Curry

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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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