Today’s Headlines

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

By Melanie Curry

8:30 AM PDT on April 27, 2018

More on transportation funding allocations (LA Times)
- … for express lanes on the SF Peninsula (Mercury News)
- … and transit in Silicon Valley (Silicon Valley Business Journal)
- … in LA County (NBC)
- … San Jose BART extension (Mercury News)
- … San Diego transit (KPBS)
There’s not enough traffic citation fee revenue to sustain programs that rely on it (Courthouse News)
L.A. toll lanes to start charging clean vehicles (LA Times)
The fight for more infill housing is far from over (CityLab)
First the A’s, now the Dodgers: Gondola idea floated for stadium access (The Source)
Study: People who live in transit-rich neighborhoods don’t spend less on transportation—or necessarily take transit (CityLab)
Central Valley politics and the federal gas tax (Sacramento Bee)
Ford will focus on its biggest, least efficient, most profitable vehicles (Market Watch)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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