Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:16 AM PST on February 15, 2018
- CA’s per capita emissions are dropping, population is growing (NGT News)
- California is fast-tracking transportation projects; is that enough to prevent a gas tax repeal? (LA Times)
- Senator Newman introduces bill to expand eligibility for discount student transit passes (OC Breeze)
- German company plans to launch long-distance bus service in California (Handelsblatt)
- Stanford researcher says high temps, crazy weather is just the beginning (SF Chronicle)
- Redwood City’s transportation plan: Safety is top concern (San Mateo Daily Journal)
- Poll: Marin residents would support a half-cent transportation sales tax (Marin Independent Journal)
- North Coast Rail Authority in trouble, again, for vague financial plan (Press Democrat)
- San Jose plans urban village near downtown (Mercury News)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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