Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:36 AM PDT on March 22, 2016
- California Transportation Commission approves $170 million for projects around state (Progressive Railroading)
- Orange County Transportation Authority issues call for active transportation projects (OC Register)
- Contra Costa Times accuses BART of faking service slowdown to create support for a ballot initiative (Contra Costa Times)
- …while BART employee talks about “truth bombs” (Popular Mechanics)
- A look at transit-oriented districts in California (Global Transit)
- Rise in bicycling not accompanied by rise in enforcement against drivers who hit bikes (AP)
- Hawaii struggles to build light rail (NY Times)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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