Today’s Headlines
- SMART, Rohnert Park explore changes at train crossing that saw two recent deaths (Press Democrat)
- No buses, but S.F.’s new transbay center does have a gondola (Mercury News)
- Organizing regional rail in the face of efforts to undermine everything but the car (The Reauthorization Dialogues)
- OSHA tells employers to ban texting while driving (Business Journals)
- Hawaii gets the crosswalk law backwards (Maui Now)
- Why spend cap-and-trade money on clean water: everything is connected (CALmatters)
- CA Senate approves bill on housing, homelessness (AP News)
- Oregon is making normal neighborhoods legal again (Strong Towns)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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