Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:46 AM PDT on May 23, 2017
- Caltrain gets the federal grant for its electrification project (Mercury News, Washington Post)
- CTC allocates $47M to rail projects (RT&S)
- Metrolink offers more discounts on Perris Valley line (Press-Enterprise)
- Cities may be misinterpreting safety data and underestimating effect of near misses on bicyclists, pedestrians (SSTI)
- Cartoon cutouts: a DIY safety campaign idea from Boston (Boston Globe)
- Gentrification vs. displacement (Planetizen)
- Greenspace is great, but it ain’t no park (Strong Towns)
- Cap-and-trade and Low Carbon Fuel Standards work together (Union of Concerned Scientists)
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