Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

By Melanie Curry

8:30 AM PDT on August 28, 2019

Golden Gate Transit transitions to hybrid buses (Mass Transit)
SANDAG inaugurates Vision Lab to come up with future transportation initiatives (Traffic Technology Today)
Phoenix voters squash Koch-led proposition to kill light rail (AZ Central)
Riding Waymo’s self-driving taxis isn’t always that great (The Verge)
California-Quebec carbon allowance auction shows strong cap-and-trade market and future demand (Environmental Defense Fund)
Insurance companies are okay with hackers holding cities’ data hostage, because it’s good for business (ProPublica)
An app that aims to give you alternatives to owning a car (SideWalkTalk)
Kathmandu ran locally built electric buses. In the 1990s (CityLab)
Convincing bicyclists and pedestrians in Amsterdam to get along (CityLab)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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