Today’s Headlines
- How to boost L.A.'s transit ridership (LA Times)
- Ojai gets money for bike and pedestrian projects (VC Star)
- Will you use it for transit or highways, California? Feds release unspent transportation money from earmarks (CityLab)
- Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority adopts open data policy (Planetizen)
- Working elevators in BART stations are a social justice issue (TransForm)
- Study finds Bus Rapid Transit brings economic development (Transportation For America)
- Some bus riders prefer cars—but not all (City Lab)
- How to calculate the social cost of pollution (High Country News)
- BART Board adopts affordable housing policy: minimum 20 percent on BART property projects (Contra Costa Times)
- Portland makes protection the default for all new bike lanes (People for Bikes)
- Bicycle riders in Sydney rally against punitive laws (Huffington Post)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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