Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:10 AM PST on March 7, 2019
- Oregon Congressman Blumenauer seeks to reinstate bike commute tax benefit (Bike Portland)
- SANDAG will throw away transportation spending plan and start over, and other news from California Planning and Development Report
- That means highway upgrades on the chopping block! Or maybe choosing between highways and transit? (San Diego Union Tribune)
- Schwarzenegger, De Leon team up on clean transportation (LA Times)
- Study: Autonomous vehicles aren’t good at seeing people with dark skin (Mobility Lab)
- Court rules that Uber is not criminally liable in crash that killed a woman (NY Times, NPR)
- Who benefits when a freeway is widened? (CityObservatory)
- Future stadium in Inglewood is driving up rents and evictions, forcing a reckoning (LA Times)
- Local count of homeless in OC found numbers rose precipitously last year (LAist)
- MIT tries to map inequality at the address level (CityLab)
- University of California ends contract with Elsevier, academic publisher that holds taxpayer-funded research behind a paywall (Mercury News)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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Tuesday’s Headlines
Coastal Commission approvals, E-Bikes/Motos, the election, and more...
Streetsblog will be off tomorrow, Veteran’s Day, November 11.
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Transit operations in San Francisco and the five Bay Area Counties are funded for the next 14 years. What's next for advocates?
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The Growing Vehicle Problem That California Needs to Address
As pedestrian and cyclist deaths rise, the growing size and weight of American vehicles are making streets more dangerous. Here's some solutions: tax oversized vehicles, improve safety ratings and make smaller electric vehicles a more practical option for everyday trips.
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