Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:26 AM PDT on April 17, 2019
- Tuolomne County plans to shift some of its gas tax funds to facilities, equipment, staffing (Union Democrat)
- Downtown Sacramento to get “remote-controlled” cars this week (Capital Public Radio)
- What it’s like to ride them (Sacramento Bee)
- Painted bike lanes are car magnets (Treehugger)
- Little things that matter: Bus shelters (Pedestrian Observations)
- Who and what is to blame for gentrification: an A-Z list (CityCommentary)
- How to build NIMBY-proof homeless shelters: make them mandatory (CityLab)
- State bill would allow tolls on the crookedest street (Curbed)
- Pedestrian activists in Mexico dress up to battle for safer streets (CityLab)
- Wildlife bridges over highways save lives–animals and human (National Geographic)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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