Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:31 AM PDT on October 9, 2015
- Highlights from Walk to School Day, SoCal version (Safe Routes to Schools)
- Brown signs bill prohibiting tolls on bikes and pedestrians on state bridges (See Streetsblog coverage) (Marin Independent Journal)
- and one modernizing electric bike regulations (Bicycle Retailer)
- What a transportation sales tax in L.A. could buy (LA Times)
- San Diego’s transportation plan should put transit first (San Diego Union-Tribune)
- California’s new climate change law encourages utilities to compete against oil (US News & World Report)
- A glossary for California climate change efforts (LA Times)
- Long time Big Blue Bus director Hutchison dies (Santa Monica Daily Press)
- The benefits of Transit Oriented Development (National Housing Conference)
- Who should pay for transportation infrastructure? (New Geography)
- This is what happens when you keep expanding highways: a 45-lane traffic jam (The Awesomer)
- Twenty-seven patterns that make up the world’s cities (Washington Post)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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