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More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

By Melanie Curry

8:40 AM PDT on October 25, 2018

No, electric cars are not enough to save us. We must drive less. (Curbed)
California’s cigarette taxes and smoking bans have saved $$$$ and lives (Could we apply similar tactics to transportation?) (CALmatters)
Travel surveys should ask about all modes to get accurate data (Forbes)
It’s okay not to wear a bike helmet (Bicycling)
Chevron agrees to pay a fine, clean up its act a little bit (San Francisco Chronicle)
Rhode Island Waves: DOT tells peds to wave at drivers if they want to cross the street (Coventry Courier)
Riverside County plans a brand-new freeway (Press Enterprise)
What happens when affordability requirements expire? (NextCity)
Suspicious package sent to Maxine Waters (LA Times)
- others make San Diego Union Tribune evacuate its offices
One more in a string of suspicious fires at housing construction sites in the East Bay (SF Chronicle)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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