Today’s Headlines

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By Melanie Curry

8:25 AM PDT on September 21, 2017

Americans are sacrificing their right to walk (Aeon)
Editorial: Entitled drivers are getting in the way of California’s climate change efforts (LA Times)
101 ways to improve transportation in your city (Curbed)
Unions used their clout, and their jobs-first viewpoint, to quash environmental efforts (LA Times)
CA points $1 billion toward clean transportation (NGT News)
After building a surface freeway through its downtown, Hayward tries to curb speeding cut-through traffic by tinkering with signal timing (CBS)
Caltrans planning grants embrace Participatory Budgeting principles (Next City)
San Clemente plans to use its gas tax allocations to “upgrade” alleys (Orange County Register)
Let’s make Bakersfield more bicycle and pedestrian friendly (Bakersfield.com)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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