Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:36 AM PDT on July 7, 2016
- Why California accidentally encouraged driving, and how that’s about to change (SPUR)
- Californians are driving more, which is not good (SF Chronicle)
- Long discussion of proposed SMART train fares (Gov Tech)
- Alternative fuels industry says Low Carbon Fuel Standard is working, generating jobs (Yahoo)
- San Francisco readies citywide transportation demand management plan (SF Housing Action Coalition)
- Santa Rosa considers extending freeze on rent controls (Press Democrat)
- Opponents raise questions about transparency, results of cap-and-trade (Cal Matters)
- Sacramento region’s minority communities face a legacy of environmental injustice (News and Review)
- Paris opens first section of its bicycle superhighway (CityLab)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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