Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:37 AM PST on November 18, 2015
- San Francisco Bicycle Coalition executive director Noah Budnick steps down (SFBC)
- This Friday, ride bike-share for free in the Bay Area (preregistration required) (Bay Area Bike Share)
- Supervisor calls for hearing on removing Muni overhead wires for Super Bowl party (Examiner)
- The myth of “no public funding” for new Raiders, Warriors projects (San Francisco Business Journal)
- Google buses are officially approved by city (SF Gate)
- An interactive map on the effects of climate change on the Bay Area (Our Bay on the Brink)
- Benefits that will come from California’s new building energy use law (NRDC)
- Prospects for building affordable housing in Berkeley are grim (Contra Costa Times)
- Cow access across SMART tracks causing conflict (Press Democrat)
- More on Uber/Lyft climate change study by NRDC, UC Berkeley (CityLab)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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