Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:35 AM PST on January 4, 2019
- CA plans for 100% zero-emission public transit fleet (Red Green and Blue)
- New CA health and environmental laws taking effect (KQED)
- Governor Brown reappoints heads of High Speed Rail Authority (SFGate)
- San Jose adds ten miles of protected bike lanes (KPIX)
- Nineteen things to look forward to in L.A. in 2019 (Curbed)
- Thought experiment: Envision highways as transit lines (Curbed)
- How to fund roads and get EVs to pay their share (UC Davis)
- Spinlister relaunches (Forbes)
- Building housing in old parking garages (PopUp City)
- A CA gubernatorial-speak translator (CALmatters)
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