Today’s Headlines
- Transportation sales tax measures floated in Sacramento, Placer counties—for highway expansion (Sacramento Bee)
- Study finds high ridership on Expo line hasn't brought congestion relief to nearby freeway (KPCC)
- A kinder, gentler legislature in California? (SF Chronicle)
- MTC, ABAG discuss merger as cities look on (Independent)
- Fate of “Google buses” to be decided by transit board (Examiner)
- Google antsy as state goes slow on self-driving rules (SF Gate)
- New California data on ride services shows rise in collisions (KQED)
- HSR money should not go to roads (CityLab)
- Youth groups sue L.A. for not addressing toxic oil wells in their neighborhoods (Grist)
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