Today’s Headlines

8:56 AM PST on December 4, 2018

Parking in L.A. County takes up more space than all of Manhattan (Curbed)
Asm. Ting introduces bill to require electrification of cars (SF Chronicle)
White House expects to end subsidies for electric cars and renewables (The Hill)
The election results are good news for air quality and climate (Capitol Weekly)
Feds issue full funding for OC Streetcar (Progressive Railroading)
The secret to good health may be a walk in the park (NY Times)
Sen Weiner re-introduces bill to encourage high-density housing near transit (LA Times, SF Chronicle)
Sens. Weiner and Allen propose repeal of law that subjects low-income rental housing to a local vote (Long Beach Post)
The recently completed legislative session, by the numbers (Capitol Weekly)
Remember Amazon's HQ2 competition? The company gathered a lot of data from cities (NY Magazine)
San Jose tries a different approach: Welcoming a Google campus but offering no tax incentives (CityLab)
Gas stations vent a lot more dangerous vapor than previously thought (SSTI)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, ever since commuting to school by bike long before bike lanes were a thing. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, editor of Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center, and earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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