Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:43 AM PDT on October 14, 2016
- L.A. is slow to embrace bike-sharing (LA Times)
- Eye candy: they’re auctioning off Robin Williams’ amazing kaleidoscope of bicycles for charity (Wall Street Journal)
- Bay Bridge bike path finished, but not open (KCET)
- Some local details on funding awards for affordable housing:
- Fresno (Fresno Bee)
- L.A. (Los Angeles Daily News)
- It’s not just a philosophical question: Should self-driving cars prioritize pedestrians or drivers? (TreeHugger)
- Sounds about right—a rich city that struggles with its taxi drivers: Beverly Hills wants a fleet of self-driving cars (LA Times)
- CA Highway 99 is “deadliest in nation” and naturally the solution is to make it smoother, faster (Sacramento Bee)
- Interview: Nate Hood on pedestrian safety (Strong Towns)
- What Trump’s troubles might mean for climate change legislation (CNBC)
- D.C. Metro’s ugly solution: Disinvest in poor black neighborhoods (CityLab)
- Some travel demand management strategies (MikeOnTraffic)
- Mapping the most interesting neighborhoods in the world (City Observatory)
- The connections between housing and economic mobility (Legislative Analyst’s Office)
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