Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:28 AM PDT on September 21, 2016
- The Expo Line is great (LAist)
- Oakland relaxes minimum parking requirements (East Bay Times) (Mercury News)
- Oakland to vote on bond measure for roads, affordable housing (East Bay Times)
- California counties to vote on transportation sales tax measures (LandLine Magazine)
- Nationally too (US News&World Report)
- Benicia says nay to trains carrying crude oil (Sacramento Bee)
- How D.C. move to privatize Metro parking could backfire badly (Huffington Post)
- Very cool light show would reveal underground trains in San Francisco (CityLab)
- There are new federal rules for driverless vehicles (The Hill) (LA Times)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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