Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:42 AM PDT on June 30, 2016
- Stanislaus County approves transportation sales tax measure (Mass Transit)
- San Jose’s Lincoln Avenue pilot road diet slowed traffic, improved safety, will be made permanent (Mercury News)
- Bay Area’s draft transportation priority plan released for public comment (Mass Transit)
- VW settlement means some money for California zero emission vehicle programs (Sacramento Bee)
- Neither Sidewalk Labs nor its work on the Smart City Challenge is “secretive” (CityLab)
- Feds conducting Mayor’s Challenge to recognize good bike and ped projects—deadline today (Fast Lane)
- Complete Streets mean stronger economies (MikeonTraffic)
- The challenges and opportunities of the L.A. river (LA Times)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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