Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:57 AM PDT on November 2, 2016
- The ripple effect of California’s cap and trade (Ecosystem Marketplace)
- To cut driving, develop more densely in downtowns (CP&DR)
- At noon today, watch Bay Bridge dismantling live on YouTube—slow, but live
- Coachella may get $24.3 million for bike path—reporter asks locals: would you even use this thing? (Desert Sun)
- Questions arise about safety precautions: site of fatal bus crash was a work zone (ABC News)
- Does it even make sense to compare rail in L.A. with rail in S.F.? (Ethan Elkind)
- Cycling can save lives, says the newspaper that slams bikeways (BikeBiz)
- Empty lots have lots of potential (Berkeley News)
- Book review: Rad women who shaped cities (CityLab)
- Some of the best Halloween transportation costumes of 2016—scary sharrows! (Streetfilms)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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