Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:52 AM PDT on September 16, 2015
- Ventura considering a sales tax hike for as-yet-undefined transportation projects (LA Times)
- San Jose affordable housing law may go to Supreme Court (San Jose Mercury News)
- At capacity during peak hours, BART increases length and number of trains (Daily Cal)
- High Speed Rail Authority holds workshops in Bay Area (CalWatchdog)
- Sharing economy divides CA Democratic lawmakers (CalMatters)
- Free transit experiment in Montana brings unexpected benefits (Mobility Lab)
- New ways of counting pedestrians could change city planning (Next City)
- What cities need to consider in anticipation of changing transportation trends (MobilityLab)
- Is Uber’s ultimate goal the privatization of local governance? (The Guardian)
- The “prisoner’s dilemma” of local-only planning (City Observatory)
- Photo gallery: before and after photos of better street designs (CityLab)
- A different story out of Syria: Damascus college students take to bicycles (Al-Fanar Media)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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