Today’s Headlines
- In 2015, U.S. drivers broke the record for vehicle miles traveled (Fast Lane)
- It's too bad electric scooters are so lame; they might be the future (Wired)
- Cap-and-trade is opening the door for timber companies to clear-cut California forests (East Bay Express)
- Cutting transportation money will affect jobs and cause delays (Aggregates Manager)
- Carbon capture is not working (KQED)
- San Francisco developer fights transit impact fee (SocketSite)
- Madrid bans cars, plans plants (Gizmodo)
- No new roads (Strong Towns)
- Big carrots for climate resilience (Huffington Post)
- We are building children out of cities (Rooflines)
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