Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:52 AM PST on January 5, 2016
- Mapping the 200 square miles of parking in L.A. (Better Institutions)
- San Jose Mercury News says CA legislature better get busy and find transportation funding
- Oakland Bay Bridge bike path completion delayed until summer (Oakland Tribune)
- BART fares increase with New Year (Examiner)
- Levine bill to eliminate MTC is an “opportunity” (Marin Independent Journal)
- The internet of transportation (Wired)
- Video: Hacker says VW software cheat was sophisticated, not the work of a few rogue engineers (Systemic Failure)
- . . . and the federal government sues (Oregon Live)
- Looking a little deeper into Germany’s bicycle superhighway plan (Treehugger)
- New Delhi moves to limit driving and ban cars because smog (Telegraph)
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