Today’s Headlines
- A newbie attends the bike summit, advocates for better biking in California (Bike Portland)
- BART incentives for off-peak travel deemed a success, but Google ends its participation (SF Examiner)
- Oakland is figuring out how to incorporate equity into its infrastructure investments (Transport Oakland)
- Is the defeat of L.A.'s Measure S about density, or transportation? (Curbed)
- Truck “platooning”--driverless operations--being tested on L.A. freeways (Daily News)
- State transportation funding bill clears another hurdle (Temecula Patch) (KRCR News)
- Electric vehicle fees: Where's the controversy? (Planetizen)
- CA is not the only state considering raising gas taxes: a short primer (Bloomberg)
- CA grapples with the question: Who should be liable when driverless cars crash? (Capital Public Radio)
- Infrastructure needs to work for people, not bankers (NRDC)
- And it should focus on creating walkable communities (Washington Monthly)
- Video for your inner nerd: Caltrans describes different paving materials (Caltrans News Flash)
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