Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:36 AM PDT on May 18, 2015
- BART hits a “milestone” in reaching San Jose–with wider freeway ramps? (Systemic Failure)
- In San Joaquin Valley, Amtrak to come under local control (Fresno Bee)
- Invest in transit now, San Diego (Air Quality Matters)
- Sausalito has too many bikes, considers ways to discourage them (Fresno Bee) (Marin Independent Journal)
- Benefits of the Google Bus (International Business Times)
- More about LA Sustainable City Plan (CityWatch)
- More on how CA moved up to #8 in Bicycle-Friendly States ranking (The Californian)
- In Mid-Atlantic region, AAA will help if your bicycle breaks down (NJ.com)
- Let’s just give away free parking, sort of (The Urbanist)
- Tampa Bay story about police harassing black bike riders gets more coverage (Chicago Defender)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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