Today’s Headlines

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

By Melanie Curry

8:25 AM PST on February 19, 2016

High speed rail to focus on route to San Jose first, not L.A. (San Jose Mercury News)
Valley farmers and others oppose initiative to use HSR money for water projects (Fresno Bee)
High speed rail faces challenges (Monterey Herald)
What a merger of the Bay Area’s two regional agencies could mean (KQED)
The Bay Area’s coming freeway revolution (Planetizen)
Modesto area struggles to decide which road projects to finish or abandon (Modesto Bee)
Interview with Vince Bertoni, L.A.’s new head of City Planning (The Planning Report)
Volunteer to help CA figure out how to replace the gas tax (Fox and Hounds)
Can startups convince Americans to carpool? (Bloomberg)
Smartphones don’t kill pedestrians, cars do (Gizmodo)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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