Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:47 AM PDT on May 20, 2016
- Advocates hope Oakland’s new Department of Transportation will transform the city’s streets (East Bay Times)
- If L.A. wants people to ride bikes, it should make the roads safe for them (LA Times)
- All the arguments about helmets (Sacramento Bee)
- Campaign for student bus passes revs up (The Californian)
- BART tests new seating configurations (Systemic Failure)
- Santa Clara County poll finds support for transportation sales tax (Mercury News)
- CTC adopts cuts in transportation spending because low gas prices (Daily Journal)
- What a smarter transportation system will look like (Next City)
- America’s road to economic opportunity is paved with infrastructure jobs (CityLab)
- California moves toward a sustainable freight system (Union of Concerned Scientists)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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