Today’s Headlines

• Housing policy is climate policy (NY Times)
• Bike path alongside SMART railway is taking way too long to finish (Press Democrat)
• How many trees are needed to cool a city street: 40% canopy cover (Popular Science)
• Residents wanted long-haul bus service to Westwood, Las Vegas, so Long Beach transit agency found partners to provide it (Business Journal)
• Development in Santa Barbara would threaten pedestrian safety (Edhat)
• Americans are driving more than ever (Route Fifty)
• More on tool to estimate induced travel in California (SSTI)
• Testing Google’s walking directions of the future (Gizmodo)
• It’s possible to attach your own private car to Amtrak–for now (CityLab)
• An ancient trash pit reveals how a climate shift decimated an ancient city (National Geographic)
• People are really confused about the benefits and drawbacks of one-way streets (LAist)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF