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How COVID-19 Changed How We Get Around
How COVID-19 Changed How We Get Around
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Length:
12 minutes
Released:
Dec 30, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
This week we’re looking back on 2020 and how some of the year’s biggest news stories changed our lives. The coronavirus has had a huge impact on transportation and how Californians get from point A to point B. Public transportation systems have been hit hard. When many people began working from home, buses, trains, and subways saw dramatic decreases in ridership
Guest: Ethan Elkind, UC Berkeley Center for Law, Energy, and the Environment
Five years ago, Volkswagen was in the news for all the wrong reasons. VW's cheating was partly discovered by California air quality regulators, but not before the company had sold or leased 85,000 of its dirty diesel cars to unsuspecting drivers. Now the automaker is hoping it's new all-electric SUV will help repair its image.
Guest: Ethan Elkind, UC Berkeley Center for Law, Energy, and the Environment
Five years ago, Volkswagen was in the news for all the wrong reasons. VW's cheating was partly discovered by California air quality regulators, but not before the company had sold or leased 85,000 of its dirty diesel cars to unsuspecting drivers. Now the automaker is hoping it's new all-electric SUV will help repair its image.
Released:
Dec 30, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Families Brace for Coronavirus School Closures: Governor Advises Seniors to Stay Home Governor Gavin Newsom has called for nightclubs, bars, and wineries to shut down for now. Restaurants are to cut their occupancy in half. And, everyone 65 and older, and those with chronic health issues, by KQED's The California Report