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Today’s Headlines

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

By Melanie Curry

8:48 AM PDT on September 27, 2019

Trump fired a panel of air pollution researchers a year ago. Now they are meeting on their own (The Guardian)
San Diego’s shift to transit is long overdue (Voice of San Diego)
BART chooses new fare gates (SF Chronicle)
Northern reaches of Santa Monica beach bike paths to see improvements (Santa Monica Lookout)
Quick build initiative is transforming the streets of San Francisco (Planetizen)
Zero emission vehicles will save money, but need supportive policies (UC Davis)
The myth of “green cars” (New Statesman)
More about California Tropical Forest Standard (Earth.com)
California readies plans to launch “its own damn satellite” to measure climate change (LA Times)
Honolulu’s bad tactic for unsafe pedestrian crossings: remove crosswalks (Honolulu Civil Beat)
No thank you: Uber wants its app to be indispensable to city residents (The Verge)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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