Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:26 AM PDT on May 29, 2018
- Uber crash refutes claim that self-driving cars are safe just because they eliminate human error (City Lab)
- Santa Barbara awarded $15 million for bike path (Edhat)
- Good transit access definitely lowers transportation costs (CityLab)
- But efforts to build near transit threaten to price out those most dependent on it (San Diego Union Tribune)
- More great news for clean transit (Union of Concerned Scientists)
- CA will need much more EV charging availability (RTO Insider)
- Elections have consequences: Updates for voters who care about sustainable transportation (Green Caltrain)
- Federal EPA used disavowed research to justify allowing polluting trucks (LA Times)
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