Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
9:04 AM PDT on September 11, 2015
- Again: special session on transportation will not reach a deal this week (KQED)
(San Luis Obispo Tribune) - Things to consider in the special session (NRDC)
- Business groups still support the idea of raising taxes for transportation (KPCC)
- …saying: “If you can’t move people and goods…..you can’t do business” (Beyond Chron)
- S.B. 32, successor bill to Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, withdrawn until next year (LA Times)
- Pundits ponder the meaning of climate change “losses” in Sacramento (Bloomberg)
- The legislature is “backsliding” on climate change (LA Times)
- Senator Frazier focuses on trucking: forum next week in San Bernardino (Fontana Herald)
- LA Metro pursues bill that would allow it to partner with private companies (Lexology)
- Lawsuit filed against LA’s Mobility Plan 2035 (LA Weekly)
- Tech shuttles may become permanent part of transit in SF (SF Examiner)
- Do radar signs make people stop speeding? (Plan Philly)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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