Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:54 AM PDT on August 14, 2017
- More on pedestrian crossing bill (LA Weekly)
- Pedestrian safety message is a slap in the face (Planetizen)
- The bike-share boom means business (Market Urbanism Report)
- Cap-and-trade needs to support rural solutions (Press Democrat)
- Chuck Marohn on California’s housing crisis (Strong Towns)
- CA’s efforts on housing aren’t enough (LA Times)
- Half a million L.A. residents are renters on the edge (LA Weekly)
- Burbank? Walkable? Maybe (Curbed LA)
- Local air districts must stand with impacted communities (East Bay Times)
- New York reconsiders congestion pricing (New York Times)
- Seattle employers find a way to get commuters to drive less: a daily parking charge (Seattle Times)
- L.A.’s “radical” plan to cool down (Gizmodo)
- America’s cities ranked according to sustainability (CityLab)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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