Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:18 AM PDT on September 17, 2015
- Sacramento identifies downtown alleys as potential walkable corridors (Sacramento Business Journal)
- Vision Zero is increasing pedestrian safety (Next City)
- California Transportation Commission to hold town hall in Weaverville on Friday (Trinity Journal)
- High Speed Rail Authority to hold workshop in Morgan Hill on Sept 23 (Morgan Hill Times)
- People who work near transit are more likely to use transit (CityLab)
- Another reason to ditch your car: bicycles can be the path to early retirement (Daily Finance)
- A neighborhood in Nashville pledges to go car-free for a week (Nashville Business Journal)
- Video: Hyperloop is serious about itself (CBS)
- Video: giant insect puppet bicycles (PBS)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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