Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:38 AM PDT on July 20, 2017
- CA cap-and-trade extension:
- A Republican case in favor (Cal Matters)
- What you should know about the extension (Citizen’s Climate Lobby)
- Air quality management districts’ role after it passes (Martinez News-Gazette)
- How it works (Sacramento Bee)
- Mexico is looking to create its own system (Scientific American)
- Bay Area expands its regional bike-share system (Next City)
- Sometimes I don’t wear a helmet, and here’s why (Shifter)
- Electric cars won’t save the environment (US News)
- Parking:
- Free parking is never green (City Observatory)
- Video: The high cost of free parking, with Donald Shoup (Vox)
- Employers with 50+ workers are required to offer benefits to discourage drive-alone commutes, but many still don’t (East Bay Times)
- Video: The old Bay Bridge, now she’s going to be a work of art (Caltrans)
- No, Stanford, Malaysians aren’t lazy; it’s just a very difficult place to walk (Vulcan Post)
- Now Colorado’s government wants to impose a bike tax like Oregon’s—maybe they should wait a bit to see if it’s worth the effort (Colorado Politics)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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