Today’s Headlines
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8:42 AM PDT on August 15, 2016
- BART may finally reopen some restrooms closed after 9/11 (San Francisco Chronicle)
- Bus service to BART and schools in Tri-Valley gets upgrade (East Bay Times)
- Transportation alternatives for everywhere, including Tahoe (Tahoe Daily Tribune)
- Sacramento transit agency to offer door-to-door transit alternatives for Kings Arena attendees (Sacramento Bee)
- Oil industry lobbyists say all they want are “reasonable” climate targets –plus a bunch of other fundamental changes to cap-and-trade (Capital Public Radio)
- Study: Stricter air pollution limits could save thousands of lives (LA Times)
- Editorial: Legislature should just pass the climate change bill already (Ventura County Star)
- California mayors urge legislature to pass climate change bill (LA Times)
- Editorial: Fix our crumbling roads and bridges (Sacramento Bee)
- A view of the national transportation mess (The American Prospect)
- How e-bikes could transform our cities (Treehugger)
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