Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:44 AM PDT on September 26, 2017
- Which megaprojects get to skip CEQA, and why? (LA Times)
- Annual bike and pedestrian count underway in L.A. (SCPR)
- Why Santa Monica got rid of parking minimums, and why other cities should too (LA Times)
- Repaving projects funded by gas tax measure are starting to line up—and it’s already getting complicated (East Bay Times)
- Abandoned Burning Man bikes head to Houston, Caribbean (BBC)
- Democratizing street design: There’s an app for it (CityLab)
- Uber apologizes for “mistakes” made in London after it lost its right to operate there (Guardian)
- NIMBYs freak after Long Beach updates zoning (LongBeachize)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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