• Americans drive more than anyone else. A lot more (Frontier Group)
• Pedestrian deaths spike, reckless driving surges (NY Times)
• SF Bay Area officials consider tolls for all drivers on certain highways (ABC)
• High-speed rail costs are rising (Planetizen)
• There aren’t enough truck drivers because the job is terrible (NY Times)
• UC Berkeley wants to increase enrollment; neighbors say they must consider housing, other consequences (Berkeleyside, LA Times)
• A new model for affordable, missing middle housing? CapCHA, explained (Berkeleyside)
• CA bill would require less plastic packaging from online retailers (SF Chronicle)

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• Kids on bikes are EVERYWHERE (well, not really, but in some places) (CityLab)
• We have to protect the most vulnerable road users (ENO Center for Transportation)
• Sustainable, stylish, and springy: Wooden e-bikes (TechRadar)
• Transit improvements on Van Ness in San Francisco near completion (CBS)
• OCTA asks Newsom to prevent a threatened bus driver strike (Orange County Register)
• Which is better for the environment: a train or a bus? (Governing)
• New San Diego County rules encourage developing housing near transit (San Diego Union Tribune)
• Developers forgot to build transit to SoFi stadium in time for the Super Bowl (LA Times)
• Fewer companies are driving more AV test miles in CA (The Verge)
• Texas law makes it a felony to cause injury or death with a car (ABC)
• Affluence equals influence (SF Chronicle)

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• Highway expansions will worsen global warming (New York Times)
• Traffic engineers insist our main streets must be able to handle 30,000 cars a day. Who wants that! (Strong Towns)
• Mitch McConnell to governors: Just ignore what the feds say – do whatever you want with infrastructure money (Route Fifty)
• Community solar could be a middle way to get more solar energy in California (Canary Media)
• CA relies on thin evidence from industry-sponsored studies claiming oil wastewater is safe for food crop irrigation (Inside Climate News)
• SoCalGas faces fine for using customer money to block climate action – but claims “first amendment rights” (LA Times)
• California sues Tesla for racial discrimination (AP)
• COVID has taken a major toll on cities everywhere (Politico)
• Fresno’s new homeless rule makes it hard to help (CalMatters)

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