Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
7:38 AM PDT on July 9, 2015
- Demand-responsive parking pricing program gets thumbs up from Berkeley residents, city manager (Berkeleyside)
- AC Transit may get double-decker buses (Oakland Tribune)
- Major upgrades coming to Metro’s Rosa Parks station (UrbanizeLA)
- BART to close transbay tube for repairs two weekends in August, September (SF Examiner)
- Stockton approves plan to incentivize downtown development (Stockton City Limits)
- More on LA Metro’s Blue Ribbon recommendations (CityLab)
- More about local control of Pacific Surfliner train (KPCC)
- Driverless taxis could lower emissions (NextCity)
- Urban density isn’t as dense as it used to be (Grist)
- Interview with Santa Monica city manager Rick Cole, Part II (Santa Monica Next)
- In Paris, with a goal to triple bike trips (hello, California!), bicyclists will be allowed to go through some red lights; yes, they tested the concept (BBC News)
- Night Riders/Bike Party—in St Petersburg (The Calvert Journal)
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