Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

By Melanie Curry

8:47 AM PDT on September 13, 2017

Bill to create free transit pass program heads to governor (Pasadena NOW)
Fresno State establishes a transportation research center (Your Central Valley)
California sues federal administration over delay on stricter fuel economy standards (Sacramento Bee)
CEQA exemptions proposed for transportation projects for Olympics (JD Supra)
Why few people bike to and from transit and how to change that (Alta Planning)
Why weren’t trains used to evacuate people before hurricane? (Systemic Failure)
There’s little gasoline to be found for driving back to Florida (LA Times)
Cap-and-trade spending plan, outlined (Mercury News)
- It includes support for fair treatment of workers (Sacramento Bee)
- Is that enough? (Calmatters)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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