Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:37 AM PDT on May 13, 2015
- Tomorrow is Bike to Work Day in parts of the state (What?! RAIN is predicted? Well, how refreshing)
- Bay Area
- Los Angeles
- Modesto
- Arcata
- Sacramento Capitol Bike Festival
- Other places will hold their BTWD on Friday
- Bakersfield
- Modesto (Bike with the Mayor)
- Redding
- San Diego
- Pedestrians in Oakland have to beg to cross the street, and wait longer, at more intersections (GJEL)
- How Sacramento’s streetcar could affect the city’s poor communities (Sacramento News & Review)
- California’s plan to reduce methane, refrigerant chemicals, other greenhouse gases (EDF)
- Marin County to hold Open House on Plan Bay Area (Marin Independent Journal)
- SMART trains are coming (Marin Independent Journal)
- Freeway tear-down proposed to make room for trains in San Francisco (SocketSite) (ABC) (KTVU) (Daily Republic)
- L.A. Times taken to task for its story on high-speed rail fares (CAHSR)
- Why Mountain View said “no” to Google development (NextCity)
- The difference between a diverse city and an integrated city (FiveThirtyEight)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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