Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:30 AM PDT on September 2, 2016
- Welcome to September, “California Pedestrian Awareness Month” (Business Wire)
- BART tries paying riders to avoid peak times (East Bay Times)
- SMART urged to provide more bike parking (Marin Independent Journal)
- Berkeley unveils city bike plan (Daily Californian)
- Highway art, state budget, California Transportation Plan 2040: Caltrans latest Mile Marker is out (Caltrans)
- Recap of the struggle to extend greenhouse gas emissions targets (CalMatters)
- California’s ambitious new climate commitments follow ten years of success (EDF)
- CA legislative wins and losses (LA Times)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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