Today’s Headlines
- An easy way to fight traffic and boost transit: reward commuters who don’t drive—by enforcing the law (LA Times)
- And maybe copy companies in D.C. that offer bike-share as a perk (Washington Post)
- Report: Bicycling creates jobs, cuts health-care costs in Minnesota (Star Tribune)
- What California needs to hit housing and climate goals: denser housing, less driving (LA Times) (Mercury News)
- States set climate priorities in face of Trump effort to derail policies (LA Times)
- Researchers confirm: Waze is making traffic worse (SFist)
- In search of the smartest city (CityLab)
- Raising gas tax is necessary, but it is not a permanent solution to financing transportation (Governing)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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