Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:03 AM PDT on June 21, 2017
- Bike-share is expanding in the Bay Area (NBC)
- BART plans improvements to bike station access and parking (BART)
- The heat wave vs. planes, trains, and automobiles: a hint of what’s to come (East Bay Times)
- …and the weather’s effect on roads and sidewalks (KCRA)
- Cafe hit by car was not wearing a helmet; pedestrians able to get out of the way (Berkeleyside)
- London mayor wants to cut car trips, encourage biking, walking, transit (Guardian)
- It’s not just California that has raised its gas tax—other states have too (Fox News)
- Placer County to try again on tax measure for highway expansion (Sacramento Bee)
- CA bill would reduce traffic fines for low-income drivers (Marketplace)
- Developer finds it less expensive to increase affordable units and reduce parking (East Bay Times)
- How to deal with NIMBYs (Vox)
- Vanity could save the planet (Atlantic)
- Bay Area Air Quality Management District moves to allow more pollution (East Bay Times)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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