Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:17 AM PDT on August 23, 2018
- Rethinking bike lanes (Human Transit)
- The challenges of walking while old (Treehugger)
- CARB chooses nonprofit program to help bring clean energy to low-income residents (NGT News)
- Interview with CARB Chair Mary Nichols on transitioning to new administration (Planning Report)
- AAA says relying on ride-hail would not be cheaper than owning a car—if you live in the sticks and don’t have access to transit (NBC)
- Another critique of the giant new transbay transit center in SF (Wired)
- City of Berkeley tries a new way to raise funds: issuing bitcoin to raise money for housing (Gov Tech)
- Bill to allow BART to build housing moves forward (Curbed)
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