Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:32 AM PST on February 22, 2018
- Sonoma County plans a bike trail connecting Petaluma and Sebastopol—way off in the future (Bohemian)
- Santa Barbara commuter train service will begin on April 2 (Independent)
- Can L.A. improve its track record on transit oriented development? (Brookings)
- Uber launches Express POOL service (Wired)
- …which could serve SF airport (SF Examiner)
- Sacramento is trying not to leave low-income people behind in push for electric cars (Capital Public Radio)
- S.F. considering rules to ban jitneys that compete with Muni routes (SF Examiner)
- A primer on Value Capture Financing, which is required for transit in federal infrastructure plan (Strong Towns)
- Study: It’s not CEQA, it’s local laws that are delaying housing (LA Times)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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