Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

By Melanie Curry

7:32 AM PST on March 3, 2017

Governor Brown steps in to ask the feds for Caltrain’s promised money: “Can we discuss this on the phone?” —and, incredibly, the LA Times once again conflates Caltrain and High Speed Rail
Menlo Park plans to merge transportation, bicycle commissions (Mercury News)
We keep building near freeways, despite evidence that it makes people sick (LA Times)
- Here’s the work that went into reporting that story (LA Times)
What cities looked like before the EPA existed (CityLab)
To fight climate change, California needs all its tools (Sacramento Bee)
- More cap-and-trade money ought to go to the Central Valley (Merced Sun Star)
- But not much money is coming in (Capital Press)
How California holds a trump card on the environment (The Atlantic)
Freight trucking costs us all a lot of money (City Commentary)
This tool compares cities on equity, resilience, housing (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
Google mappers are also census takers (The Economist)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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