Today’s Headlines

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

By Melanie Curry

8:57 AM PST on February 13, 2019

Yesterday’s big story took off like a runaway train in a Buster Keaton movie: Mainstream media reported that Gavin Newsom “pledged” to “end,” “scale back,” “curtail,” “scrap,” “slam the brakes on” and “abandon” high speed rail. Oh, and “kill that boondoggle.”
- Even the resident high-speed rail critic at the LA Times found it all “shocking”
Except Newsom didn’t say any of that (Streetsblog)
Later, the governor kind of clarified his remarks.
- After not listening very closely to the state of the state speech, CBS says that Governor Newsom “changed his tune” afterwards
Lodi residents want to turn an unused railway into a bike trail (Lodi News)
San Diego streamlines process to allow parklets, pop-ups (Next City)
Neglecting infrastructure is expensive: San Diego pays out big settlement to injured cyclist (San Diego Union Tribune)
The Green New Deal in the West (Power)
How climate change could transform your city (Wired)
Insect numbers are in decline, and that’s really bad (Guardian)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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