Today’s Headlines
- LA Metro, Donald Shoup win American Planning Association Awards (APA)
- Oakland bends over backward to keep the Raiders, A's; certifies plan for Coliseum City Development (Inside Bay Area)
- Not every bike rider needs to wear a helmet (Cyclelicious)
- Even the current child helmet law doesn't do much: data (Systemic Failure)
- How the arts contributes to a lively city, in California's Central Valley (The Atlantic)
- Investing in California's infrastructure: Enhanced Infrastructure Financing Districts just might work (California Economic Summit)
- New study: cities need to be denser than most to reduce GHGs (Pacific Standard)
- Geek out on this machine: how to build a railroad (YouTube)
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