Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:39 AM PDT on April 24, 2019
- LA Metro wants high-speed rail money (Curbed)
- Governor Newsom calls for investigation into high gas prices (SF Chronicle)
- Fining poor people won’t stop pedestrian fatalities (Talk Poverty)
- How five cities are expanding bike-share to underserved communities (Curbed)
- No, USDOT is not allocating new transit money, despite announcement (Transportation4America)
- People think they’re getting better at distracted driving– Forbes headline blames scooter riders
- Bird finally talks about how it uses energy to charge, deliver scooters (Fast Company)
- Nuclear power is selling itself as “clean” energy, gaming climate policies to get subsidies (Politico)
- Climate change is exacerbating differences between rich and poor countries (Grist)
- Climate change deniers change their tune when it gets personal (USA Today)
- Why public construction contracts are a civil rights issue (Next City)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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