Today’s Headlines

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Good morning! Streetsblog California will be taking a break today and Monday. Meanwhile:

  • It’s almost Earth Day. We haven’t made a lot of progress in the right direction (IPCC)
  • High gas prices won’t save the planet (Grist)
  • What??!? People still support “beleaguered” high speed rail??!!? Naysayers are SHOCKED (Mercury News)
  • Del Mar sues transit district to stop fence along coastal bluffs (San Diego Union Tribune)
  • Looking for ways to use electric buses as emergency power generators (Mass Transit)
  • SF debates tenant unions (Capital & Main)
  • Corporations pay far less than their fair share of taxes (California Budget & Policy Center)

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Today’s Headlines

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  • If transportation systems don’t change now, their CO2 emissions will continue to grow (IPCC)
  • Americans use way more energy than they need, most of it on transportation (NPR)
  • People believe – wrongly – that suburbs are better for the environment than cities (You.Gov)
  • Big oil should cough up some of its profits to pay for the impacts of climate change (Pew)
  • More on California proposal to ban gas-powered cars (CalMatters, CNBC)
  • State releases annual report on climate investments funded by cap-and-trade (Office of the Governor)
  • Study: asphalt art can dramatically increase street safety (Bloomberg)
  • What planners know about – and what they can do about – congestion (Planetizen)
  • Surprise! Prop 13 has mostly benefited wealthy white homeowners (and businesses) (CalMatters)
  • San Diego adds incentives for low-income ADUs (San Diego Union Tribune)

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  • Your actions are changing the climate (IPCC)
  • Texas oil company wants to use CA clean energy credits to extract more oil (KQED)
  • CA moves to ban new gasoline-fueled vehicles by 2035 (CalMatters)
  • Why state law had to change to enable camera enforcement on bus-only lanes (Mass Transit)
  • We need better understanding about how transportation provides access to health care (UC Davis)
  • SF Bay Area transit agencies get millions from federal bill (KRON)
  • Traffic signals can improve streets and emissions – as long as they don’t just focus on cars (Popular Science)
  • Turning empty office buildings into housing (Quartz)
  • Bike boom – and supply chain issues – will continue (News5)
  • Searching for water/drought solutions (CNN)
  • SF’s downtown park Yerba Buena Gardens receives state grant to beautify it (SF Mayor)

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