Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
7:55 AM PDT on October 5, 2016
- Raising a daughter car-free in L.A. (LACurbed)
- Coachella area to get a bike, pedestrian plan (Patch)
- Commuting by public transit is 90% safer than driving (CleanTechnica)
- Caltrans still focuses its safety message on bicyclists and pedestrians, not car drivers (YouTube)
- But Drive Safely Work Week campaign gets it: Driver behavior contributes to 94 of 100 crashes (Traffic Safety)
- BART needs money to replace corroded electrical pipes (BART)
- SMART says no to shipping, storing gas tankers along public transit corridor (Transport Topics)
- Obama is a YIMBY (The Urbanist)
- Testing air bag helmets (Science Daily)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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