Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:51 AM PDT on August 7, 2017
- Simple design changes can eliminate the danger of crossing railroad tracks on a bike (CityLab)
- San Diego’s bold bicycle plan gets only partial approval from city (San Diego Union Tribune)
- Oakland is on a pothole filling blitz (Patch, Hoodline)
- Sacramento, Davis have an opportunity to go green with VW settlement (Sacramento Bee)
- CEQA keeps being abused to block transit (Transit Talking Points)
- Hilly cities take note: Lisbon is launching electric bike-share (Guardian)
- For some, living in an office park is like “city living” (Washington Post)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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