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Today’s Headlines

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)

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