Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

By Melanie Curry

8:17 AM PDT on August 26, 2019

Investigators study Thursday’s light rail train derailment in Sacramento (KRON)
Why e-bikes catch fire (Bicycling)
Pavement, lack of shade increase heat in the San Fernando Valley (Curbed)
How Uber got lost (New York Times)
Four automakers sign on to California’s fuel-efficiency principles (Marketplace, Daily Beast)
GHGs from air travel are increasing to a ridiculous level (Inverse)
Still fighting over scooter data and privacy (CityLab)
Waymo sharing some of its data is not enough (MIT Technology Review)
State tells L.A. it needs to build a lot more homes than it has planned (LA Times)
Google releases plans for San Jose campus (SF Chronicle)
Bay Area groups are building affordable housing (Mercury News)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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