Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:58 AM PDT on November 1, 2017
- Driver uses vehicle as weapon to kill people walking, riding bikes (New York Times)
- Transit hub set to open in Tuolumne County (Union Democrat)
- Yolo County, Caltrans want to convert causeway bike path to HOV lane, promise a new, better bike connection (Davis Enterprise)
- A look at Waymo’s self-driving car testing facility in Atwater (Forbes)
- Report: Climate change is already a major health issue (Huffington Post)
- Rent control ballot initiative: 2018 election could be a doozy (Capitol Weekly)
- Oakland to use vacant properties to house homeless (CBS)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
More from Streetsblog California
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Commentary: Advocates Should be Proud of What They’ve Accomplished
Now let's leverage the victories and demand more from the transit and street bureaucracies
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