Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:21 AM PDT on September 15, 2016
- Nationwide, voters are being asked to approve an ‘unprecedented’ $2 billion in transportation sales taxes (East Bay Times)
- Governor signs cap-and-trade expenditure bills (Capitol Public Radio)
- Where cap-and-trade investments are making a difference (Next City)
- BART bond won’t address structural deficit (Systemic Failure)
- Feds release conservation/solar development plan for CA desert (Bureau of Land Management)
- Metro says forty percent of Expo line riders switched from solo driving (SCPR)
- Charging toll is among remedies suggested for S.F.’s crookedest street (NBC)
- San Diego gets federal grant for Mid-Coast Trolley (Fast Lane)
- Podcast: True tales from Metro bus drivers (OffPeak)
- Business groups, local government ask CA legislators to agree on transportation funding (LA Times)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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