Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:49 AM PDT on July 5, 2016
- Oakland gets a new DOT for a new kind of transportation planning (Next City)
- Long Beach tries out a “pop-up” separated bike lane (KPCC)
- State begins testing pay-by-mile road charge (SF Chronicle)
- Green Innovation Index: California not doing so bad (Record Searchlight)
- California can’t rely solely on cap-and-trade (Sacramento Bee)
- Traveling the country via train, bike, and bus (Modesto Bee)
- Entrepreneurs won’t solve climate change (Salon)
- East Bay Times makes fun of Richmond for wanting to go completely solar (East Bay Times)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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