Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
9:18 AM PDT on September 30, 2015
- Governor Brown vetoes HOT bill, says leave LA’s carpool lanes as is (Sacramento Bee)
- Marin is chomping at the bit for a new vehicle lane across the Richmond Bridge, believing it will ease traffic (Marin Independent Journal)
- Kern County set to receive $5.7 million for bicycle and pedestrian projects (Bakersfield Now)
- USC ends transit pass program–to make money on parking? (Lisa Schweitzer)
- Bay Area’s two regional planning organizations, MTC and ABAG, are sparring, not uniting (California Planning and Development Report)
- California poised to pass sensible parking reforms for affordable transit-oriented housing (Ethan Elkind)
- SF Mayor proposes affordable housing policy (SF Chronicle)
- Nevada-California high speed rail is already missing deadlines (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- Grand Rapids, MI passes local safe-passing-distance law (drivers must slow down and give five feet of space when passing bikes) (Michigan Public Radio)
- Study: lower crime rates can lead to less driving (Plan Philly)
- Report: electric cars could make a big difference for climate change (San Gabriel Valley Tribune)
- Before and after videos of car-free day in Paris (TakePart)
- Paris’ day without cars draws attention to urban health issues (Scientific American)
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