Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:48 AM PST on January 12, 2018
- Train service to Santa Barbara restored after mudslides; highway still closed (LA Times)
- Federal tax cuts could be an opportunity to shift benefits towards transit (Mobility Lab)
- SoCal sees a drop in bicyclist deaths—but what’s the cause? (LA Curbed)
- Bakersfield plans to replace bridge over highway. Will it accommodate bikes and pedestrians? (Bakersfield.com)
- MTC searches for ways to get people to carpool (Mass Transit Mag)
- Research: Guidance for zero traffic deaths (World Resources Institute)
- How cities are using transit technology—and not (Curbed)
- Regulators order Diablo Canyon to shut down (Mercury News)
- Tenant activists, landlords clash over rent control bill in Sacramento (SF Chronicle)
- Program helps teachers in San Jose with house down payments (Mercury News)
- Startup plans to launch fully autonomous delivery vehicles in San Mateo (Trucks.com)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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