Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:36 AM PDT on June 11, 2018
- Scooters aren’t an urban scourge, they’re a solution (LA Times)
- But they do yell at people who try to steal them (Guardian)
- Homes being relinquished by Caltrans in path of abandoned 710 freeway project can be bought by tenants (Pasadena Star News, Mercury News, CBS)
- CA high speed rail has created 2,000 construction jobs (Construction Dive)
- “Great Redwood Trail” wins Senate approval but needs funding (Press Democrat)
- LA Metro plans train through Sepulveda Pass for ’28 Olympics (Breitbart)
- Uber is trying to horn in on Lyft’s bid to buy bike-share operator Motivate (Axios)
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