Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
9:04 AM PDT on September 8, 2016
- Los Altos “Cycle Saturday” features attended bike parking (Los Altos Town Crier)
- Cranky columnist calls bikeway planned for Richmond Bridge a “vanity” project for “well-funded lobbying groups” (Marin Independent Journal)
- An argument to abolish bicycle lanes (Crikey)
- Arguments for and against Santa Cruz transportation sales tax measure (Press Banner)
- Ideas for temporary traffic calming during construction projects (MikeOnTraffic)
- How CA lawmakers won climate change legislation (Tribune)
- San Joaquin Valley officials beg Congress for wider highways (McClatchy)
- LA Metro could do a better job with its shuttles (The Source)
- Santa Monica airport shuttle shelved because few riders (LAist)
- Still waiting for the transportation revolution (Future Structure)
- Top five lessons from the annual Institute of Transportation Engineers meeting in Anaheim (MikeOnTraffic)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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