Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:44 AM PDT on August 7, 2018
- Cars are running people over. So why are cops targeting pedestrians? (LA Times)
- It’s time for transportation planners to address racial equity (Alta Planning)
- Imperial County is developing electronic fare payments for transit (Calexico Chronicle)
- San Francisco residents are fighting bike-share expansion (SF Examiner)
- Rail policy organizations inexplicably honor rabid anti-rail activist Congressman Jeff Denham for “leadership” (Railway Age)
- City leaders fight federal efficiency rollback, but they should be building streets to encourage less driving (Curbed)
- The LeBron James bicycle interview (Wall Street Journal)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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