Today’s Headlines
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8:46 AM PDT on August 4, 2016
- Atherton has repeatedly asked for safer crossings on El Camino Real: A timeline (Almanac News)
- Lodi clears out homeless camps (Lodi News)
- Book review: Low-income communities don’t get an equal share of bicycle infrastructure (UCR Today)
- Funding multimodalism is necessary for equitable and efficient transportation (Planetizen)
- Redfin puts a dollar figure on walkability (GeekWire)
- California climate change policies:
- Big oil renews efforts to kill cap and trade (Desmog)
- Bill to extend GHG targets is in jeopardy (Capital Public Radio)
- Legislators might ditch emission reduction plan (CALmatters)
- When it comes to climate change policies, Governor Jerry Brown has nothing to brag about (Food and Water Watch)
- The urban politics of parkour (The Conversation)
- The future is coming on a bicycle and it’s sporting blue hair (Forbes)
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