• Action on climate urgently needed now (IPCC)
• Details on the proposed “gas (sic) tax relief” plan (LA Times, The Hill)
• CalMatters breaks down the budget bill
• Vibrant cities need multimodal transportation (The City Fix)
• We were warned: Transit agencies facing a “fiscal cliff” (Governing)
• Pasadena transit adjusts to shortage of drivers, changes in travel patterns (Pasadena Now)
• Some states are shifting federal safety funds towards more, wider highways (Route Fifty)
• A tour of the BYD electric bus manufacturer in California (Bus & Motor Coach News)
• Playing with physics: What happens when a bike’s back wheel is split in two? (Laughing Squid)
• Costs of building new affordable housing are too high (SF Chronicle)
• Berkeley’s experience with changing state housing laws (Berkeleyside)
• Budget proposals add heat to arguments over power plant expansions (CalMatters)

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• Action on climate urgently needed now (IPCC)
• CARB’s climate scoping plan won’t help (EDF)
• Yet it is still attacked “from all sides” – including those who want to do much less (AP)
• Governor, legislature hammer out a deal on tax relief for Californians (not just drivers, no gas tax suspension) (CalMatters)
• Some people hate car-free cities – until they live in one (Wired)
• San Luis Obispo celebrates its ranking as one of the best bicycling cities (San Luis Obispo.com)
• Why it’s so hard to convince people about transportation planning, projects (Route Fifty)
• Santa Cruz considers a vacancy tax (Santa Cruz Local)

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• It bears repeating: Action on climate is urgently needed now, not in ten years (IPCC)
• High temperatures led to BART train derailment (LA Times)
• Air Resources Board holds hearing on CA climate plan (Federal News Network)
• Closed-door CA budget negotiations focus on energy (CalMatters)
• Biden’s push for gas tax suspension puts pressure on CA legislators who know it’s a bad idea (Sacramento Bee)
• Transportation, labor, business, and environmental groups all agree that it’s not a good idea (Smart Cities Dive)
• Oakland approves redesign for street where a bike rider was killed (Oaklandside)
• Insurance coverage for e-bikes is still figuring itself out (Reuters)
• E-bikes are taking off as a climate solution (Inside Climate News)
• LA County figures out how to legally transfer Bruce’s Beach back to the Bruce family (LA Times)

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