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By Melanie Curry

8:37 AM PDT on July 24, 2019

Advocates call for a state of emergency on pedestrian safety in San Francisco (KTVU, CBS)
Plan to build a subway through Sepulveda Pass has the LA Times gasping at the price
More arguments about electric vehicles and gas taxes (CityLab)
Union City moving ahead with controversial plan for a new road (Mercury News)
Growing old, giving up driving (Daily Democrat)
Environmental bills on the table during legislative break (Natural Resources Defense Council)
San Francisco floats a plan to house homeless in every neighborhood (SF Chronicle)
Inventing “sustainable insurance” against climate change impacts (LA Times)
Clean vehicle rebate could rise, a lot (Clean Technica)
What can cities do to solve congestion and pollution? Scrap car parking (The Conversation)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

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