Today’s Headlines
Good morning! California's gas prices will rise over the weekend, and the drought isn't over, so don't stop saving water.
8:33 AM PST on February 26, 2016
Good morning! California’s gas prices will rise over the weekend, and the drought isn’t over, so don’t stop saving water.
- Finally, you can take light rail to the beach in Santa Monica (starting in May) (Streetsblog LA) (KPCC)
- News photographer on trial for covering protest of Willits Bypass (Courthouse News)
- Three ways to use empty parking spaces to create transportation options (Mobility Lab)
- How to cut your carbon emissions (CityLab)
- Taking down a freeway: studying removal of San Francisco’s 280 (Hoodline)
- SANDAG tax proposal is an opportunity to prioritize environmentally friendly transportation (San Diego Free Press)
- Transportation costs need to be taken into account when building affordable housing (CityLab)
- Yet another reason we need to invest more in affordable housing: it cuts Medicaid costs (Affordable Housing)
- Scholarship offered for far Northern California student who wants a career in transportation (KRCR)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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