Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
9:37 AM PDT on August 27, 2015
- Cap-and-trade is not for road repair (LA Times)
- The Texas Transportation Institute is still measuring mobility all wrong (Planetizen)
- Here’s a roundup of articles pointing out how its congestion study is missing the mark (City Observatory)
- Although it does point out that California’s drivers are the most stressed (Contra Costa Times)
- Sacramento set to build much more housing downtown (Sacramento Bee)
- Benicia transit hub breaks ground (Times Herald)
- No, Uber doesn’t reduce congestion, and it doesn’t help air quality, either (Tech Crunch)
- In Buenos Aires, a focus on making the city safe and pleasurable for pedestrians, bikes (Globe and Mail)
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