Today’s Headlines: Oakland DOT, $ Benefits of TOD, Bike Month Begins
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:53 AM PDT on May 1, 2015
- It’s Bike Month! (San Diego) (Sacramento) (East Bay) (San Francisco) (Santa Monica)
- Oakland mayor’s budget proposal includes new transportation department (San Francisco Business Times)
- Study finds big economic benefits with Transit Oriented Development (Denver Business Journal)
- Oregon provides a cautionary tale on formulating a road user charge … (Planetizen)
- …while CA Senator Bob Huff doesn’t want California to talk about a road user charge (Daily Bulletin)
- Oregon embraces cap and trade (Watchdog)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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