Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:42 AM PDT on October 6, 2016
- Does bicycling bring gentrification? (Guardian)
- Streamlined federal environmental review: another casualty of CA’s inability to agree on transportation funding? (JDSupra)
- Latinos are disproportionately exposed to toxic air (Think Progress)
- CA climate change laws celebrate ten years (see Streetsblog coverage) (Sacramento Bee)
- More Schwarzenegger quotes (Sacramento Bee)
- High hopes for high speed rail (Californian)
- Using popup gardens for traffic calming (Mike on Traffic)
- Awards: Rancho Cucamonga gets sustainability award (InlandEmpire.US)
- Fairfield recognized for neighborhood revitalization (Daily Republic)
- Mississippi holds a summit to find out why cops won’t ticket motorists at fault in crashes with bikes (ChangeLanesToPass)
- So much for separation of church and state: Oklahoma governor prays for oil fields (Systemic Failure)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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