Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
9:07 AM PST on December 17, 2015
- ACE train probably won’t get sales tax money to reach Modesto (Mass Transit)
- California DMV rules that self-driving cars must have a licensed driver behind the wheel (Silicon Beat) . . . among other regulations (GovTech)
- San Diego passes climate action plan (San Diego Union-Tribune)
- Oakland okays scaled-down transit village at the Coliseum (SF Gate)
- L.A. badly needs housing (LA Times)
- How cities are benefiting from the sharing economy (Digital Communities)
- Freeway widening in Texas: not a “success,” more like a case study in induced demand (City Observatory)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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