Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:42 AM PDT on November 4, 2016
- The death of the local bike shop (Outside)
- Pedestrian deaths should shock us (Californian)
- Critics say SMART bike parking plan needs more spaces (Marin Independent Journal)
- Why Measure M’s transit tax has to be permanent (San Gabriel Valley Tribune)
- What’s on the ballot (Transport Politic)
- South L.A. fends off gentrification (CityLab)
- How the world is turning the promises of the Paris agreement into policy (Pacific Standard)
- The myth of preference for suburbs (City Observatory)
- Cubs victory led to happy people in the streets—not cars (Streetsblog Chicago)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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