Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:45 AM PDT on April 27, 2015
- Fresno still thinks making its downtown pedestrian mall “car friendly” will help it, somehow (Fresno Bee)
- A push for free youth bus passes in the East Bay (East Bay Express)
- In Oakland, Coliseum City developer wants public money (San Francisco Business Journal)
- CA’s first wireless electric trolley under construction in Monterey (Monterey County Weekly)
- Play the LA River (Next City) and develop housing next to it (LA Times)
- Nobody needs to know why those hills are so easy for you (Cycling Tips)
- Another great way to use all that energy produced by your stationary bike workout–washing your clothes (Cycling Weekly)
- More about AARP livability index (CityLab)
- Frazz has the right answer (GoComics)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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