• Climate change still needs to be addressed head-on right now (IPCC)
• BART ridership going up (Mass Transit)
• Decommissioned BART cars being put to new uses: a bar, a bike shops, an Air BnB (Jalopnik)
• The rebirth of L.A. public transit (KCET)
• Sacramento Regional Transit seeks input on its 5-year plan (KCRA)
• Oakland seeks state grant for a bike pedestrian greenway on Bancroft (Oaklandside)
• FHWA administrator urges cities to “aggressively pursue” money for infrastructure projects from federal formula funds (Route Fifty)
• So much money is flowing to projects… and earmarks are back (LA Times)
• All the different ways state lawmakers are scrambling to bring relief from high gas prices (CalMatters)
• San Diego Supervisors still want to suspend the entire state gas tax (Fox)
• Study: SUV, pickup truck drivers much more likely than smaller vehicles to hit people when turning (Consumer Reports)
• UC Berkeley enrollment question “fixed” but its problems haven’t just gone away (SF Chronicle)

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• Sorry – climate change has not been solved yet (IPCC)
• Why won’t officials promote ebikes? (Bloomberg)
• Let’s vote for clean air! A ballot initiative to reduce emissions (CalMatters)
• Bill to suspend gas tax is blocked (and a “fix” for UC Berkeley enrollment passes) (CalMatters)
• How are bicycles made? (Cycling News)
• Electricity demand under California’s climate policies will surely increase (Bloomberg)
• Berkeley’s black congregations are converting church property to affordable housing (Berkeleyside)
• Amazon gets into affordable housing near transit (ABC News)
• Why one of BART’s lines is out of service (Mass Transit)
• Water use up, despite drought (Cal Matters)

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• California Won’t See Gas Tax Holiday (SacBee)
• BART Ridership Hits a Post-Pandemic High (SFChron)
• Traffic Returns to Bay Area Highways (PaloAlto)
• San Luis Obispo Completes Bike Path with Pedestrian Bridge (Mustang News)
• Pasadena Approves Contract For Union Protected Bikeway Installation (Pasadena Now)
• Owning a Car Is Expensive. Commuting Is Miserable. Most Don’t Have Choice because Transit Is Too. (The Guardian)
• US Treasury Sec. Says Gas Tax Cut Still on the Table (Reuters)
• San Diego’s Gas Prices Hits Record (Union-Tribune)
• “Typical” CA Worker Pays 6.3% of Salary on Gasoline. “Not That Bad” (OC Register)

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