Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
9:11 AM PST on December 8, 2017
- Caltrans urged not to interrupt bicycle access between Davis, Sacramento during construction (Davis Enterprise)
- California still studying mileage fee to replace gas tax (Sacramento Bee)
- Dynamic tolls on U.S. roads are maligned, and they work (USA Today)
- Can Elon Musk make subways cool again? asks CNN. If you think expensive underground car congestion is cool, maybe
- Silicon Valley tries to find a cheap way to build a (transit) subway (Systemic Failure)
- Proposed constitutional amendment on CA cap-and-trade could create total gridlock in Sacramento, and that’s not for car traffic (Capitol Weekly)
- Fires close highways in L.A.–maps (LA Times)
- Dedicating car parking to a higher use (Chicago Tribune)
- Man who crashed truck off bridge says street design is to blame (NBC)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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