Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
9:00 AM PDT on November 3, 2016
- Oakland approves demand-based parking pricing (East Bay Times)
- Palo Alto rethinks Baylands bike bridge design (Palo Alto Online)
- Protected intersections the latest “trend” in bike safety (Momentum)
- S.F. Bay Area voters to weigh in on several transportation sales taxes (SF Chronicle)
- “Long-time driver” complains about being stuck in traffic she contributes to (KRON4)
- Homelessness is a growing problem for people, but not for cars (The Stranger)
- Berkeley “YIMBYs” win: new housing okayed (Berkeleyside)
- Tech companies swap land to bring work sites, housing closer together (CityLab)
- What to do with all those parking garages we won’t be needing (Wired)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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