Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:58 AM PDT on May 25, 2016
- City of Sacramento considers closing Green Line light rail (Sacramento Bee)
- Feds congratulate San Bernardino on widening freeway interchange to “relieve congestion”; but how soon will people be complaining again? (Fast Lane)
- Today is the last day to register for Peds Count! Summit in Long Beach June 6-7 (PedsCount)
- San Francisco’s bid for Smart City grant includes self-driving cars and buses (CurbedSF)
- CA, Oregon lead the way in testing road user charge (Governing)
- Suggested strategies for a national transit association reboot (Transit Center)
- SF mayor creates a new position: “fix-it” director (SFGate)
- Governor Brown’s plan to streamline CEQA for affordable housing meets resistance (LA Times)
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