Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:40 AM PDT on September 5, 2017
- Caltrans wants to widen, straighten a highway; locals say that’s too much (Sacramento Bee)
- California, it’s time to take a stand on environmental justice (Common Dreams)
- Air travel’s often ignored carbon footprint is huge (Daily Breeze)
- Arguments in support of road diet in San Jose—and one specious complaint (Mercury News)
- Advocating for a more bike-friendly Petaluma (Petaluma 360)
- Marietta gets a pedestrian hybrid beacon (AJC)
- Even in so-called “walkable” cities, pedestrians are being killed in record numbers (San Gabriel Valley Tribune)
- China’s experience is what cities fear most about dockless bike-share (NY Times)
- Same in Melbourne (Herald Sun)
- San Francisco examines Uber, Lyft data (SF Examiner)
- Video: Caltrans blows up old Oakland Bay Bridge piers (KRON)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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