Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
9:13 AM PST on December 8, 2015
- Crowdsourced apps might do a better job reporting Bay Area transit delays than official ones (GovTech)
- More on federal transportation bill:
- How much money for L.A. County? (San Gabriel Valley Tribune)
- Tahoe will get wider highways–and buses (Carson Now)
- How free holiday parking in Oakland is hurting business (East Bay Express)
- On biking while black, South L.A., and car-free dating (LA Times)
- City in CA loses lawsuit on substandard road design for bicycles (SSTI)
- The best thing you can do for the environment: take fewer car trips (Mobility Lab)
- Will California’s Interregional Transportation Improvement Plan support funding for highway projects or multi-modal transportation? (Safe Routes to School)
- Real estate investors are hot for Oakland’s disappearing “Auto Row” (San Francisco Business Journal)
- An idea for funding affordable housing (City Observatory)
- Climate policies are “chilling” housing development in CA—sprawl development, that is (San Diego Union Tribune)
- Guidelines released for Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program (Safe Routes to School)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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