Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:56 AM PDT on November 2, 2017
- Ford GoBike takes off in San Jose (Bike Silicon Valley)
- San Diego has not been tracking transit, biking goals in its Climate Plan (San Diego Union Tribune)
- Suburban areas like Castro Valley need sidewalks (NBC)
- State rail plan maybe not as good as it looks at first glance (Systemic Failure)
- Affordable housing being illegally rented out in SF (CBS)
- Gas tax going up (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
- … and road repairs are coming (OC Register, SCV News)
- SoCal Edison plans a path to electrification (NGT News)
- Why Amsterdam works so well for bikes (CityLab)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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