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By Melanie Curry

8:07 AM PDT on April 20, 2016

Santa Monica re-imagines itself as a model of mobility (LA Times)
Golly! A New Yorker discovers it’s possible to get around L.A. without a car (NY Times)
California needs “minimum housing” as well as a minimum wage (CP&DR)
It’s not just policies driving up housing prices; it’s also geography (CityLab)
Rural drivers needed to help test California’s road user charge (AgAlert)
Huge transit database is now available (CityLab)
Car-centric planning is failing seniors (CoExist)
Feds may tie transportation funding to greenhouse gases emission reduction (Scientific American)
YIMBY groups are organizing to increase housing (Gizmodo)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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