Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:16 AM PDT on August 20, 2019
- California agencies approve:
- Money for local transit (Transportation Today)
- Solar chargers for school buses (PV Magazine)
- Charging infrastructure for electric buses and trucks in San Diego (Freight Waves)
- Major road improvements in Fontana, for freight trucks mostly (Fontana Herald)
- California is already dealing with sea level rise (Capitol Weekly)
- We are far from alone on that (Japan Times)
- Cities facing biggest climate risks are the least prepared (City Lab)
- Federal transportation policy bill, from environment committee, maintains focus on highways–and cars (Transportation for America)
- Housing Twitter is kinda shouty (Fast Company)
- Rich guy helps downtown St. Louis while razing black St. Louis (City Lab)
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