Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
9:54 AM PDT on July 1, 2015
- Strategic Growth Council confirms recipients of Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities grants (CP&DR) (see Streetsblog’s earlier coverage here)
- California Air Resources Board reports falling greenhouse gas emissions in the state (SF Chronicle)
- Streetfilms: The NY Times Magazine “Ethicist” discusses the ethics of urban transportation (StreetFilms)
- Ways to move more people across the bottleneck of the San Francisco Bay (SPUR)
- San Francisco ferry and cable car fares, bridge tolls to rise on July 1 (San Francisco Examiner)
- Muni fares, too (Examiner)
- Intercity Rail Capital Program awards $224 million in grants for transit:
- San Diego gets some money for BRT, trolleys (KPBS)
- Metrolink, Metro, Antelope Valley Transit Authority, and OCTA get some too (MyNewsLA)
- The Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit Authority also benefits (Press Democrat)
- Consumer Watchdog issues report on gas price manipulation by CA refiners (LA Times)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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