Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:24 AM PDT on September 29, 2015
- Bakersfield’s HSR location isn’t the best for economic development (Bakersfield Californian)
- San Marcos could teach San Diego about smart growth (Voice of San Diego)
- Clueless: CHP blames three-foot-law instead of careless driver for bicycle rider’s death (Cyclelicious) (Systemic Failure)
- In response to VW’s deception, diesel emissions testing in California will change (Capital Public Radio)
- Estimating the death toll and health effects of VW’s lies (NY Times)
- Google will measure street-level air pollution in California (CityLab)
- Long Beach weighs in on US DOT’s Beyond Traffic report (Long Beach Post)
- Does “walkability” really increase real estate values? (Planetizen)
- Cities can’t win (The New Yorker)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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