Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:21 AM PDT on May 14, 2019
- Parental advice on living car-free (CityLab)
- New report shows many low-income Californians are still waiting for clean energy incentives (NRDC)
- The crime of being black in a city that doesn’t want you (Mother Jones)
- Bill Nye calls it like he sees it: There’s no time to waste dickering about climate change (Hollywood Reporter)
- Trump tariffs raise the price of transit fare cards made in China (Seattle Times)
- Tariffs on bikes rise to 36%, will be paid by consumers (WVTF)
- Mapping potential parcel-specific effects of SB 50 (Urban Footprint)
- Central Valley’s persistent poverty problem (CNBC)
- Uber collects travel data–but says cities that want to share it violate privacy (Wired)
- Are e-bikes the answer to everything? (USA Today)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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