Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:18 AM PDT on June 22, 2017
- Here’s a quick quiz: Can you identify these cities just by a map of their bike infrastructure? (Guardian)
- Seriously, Long Beach, just promote Bike Index, don’t build a new bike registry app (Long Beach Post)
- Sacramento businesses agree to tax themselves to fund a streetcar (Sacramento Bee)
- Thinking about public transit ridership: No such thing as a “captive” rider (Greater Greater Washington)
- Update on CA cap-and-trade (Guardian)
- Buy Clean California act could increase US, recycled steel production (Think Progress)
- ARB has been fining companies for not complying with emission rules (Next-Gen Transportation)
- Watch out for big-oil-backed carbon tax proposals (Huffington Post)
- Exploitation of labor is a dirty secret of the freight industry (USA Today)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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