Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

By Melanie Curry

8:54 AM PDT on September 25, 2018

Dueling campaigns: Gas tax opponents (LA Times)
- …vs Prop 6 opponents (LA Times)
Gas tax repeal effort and political mileage (Bloomberg)
“Modernization” of Clipper card—Bay Area’s all-in-one transit card—falls short (Curbed)
Improving bus stops can increase ridership (Route Fifty)
It’s not the scooters, it’s the badly designed streets (Greater Greater Washington)
San Jose to introduce bond referendum for affordable housing (NextCity)
Meanwhile, voters in Switzerland approve addition of “promoting bicycle infrastructure” to country’s constitution (SwissInfo)
Official-looking signs in Norway encourage silly walks (Good News Network)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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