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Today’s Headlines

8:49 AM PDT on October 9, 2019

    • Different takes on climate emissions report:
    • How Smart Growth can help reduce driving (Planetizen)
    • Hmmm, people are starting to notice that restricting other traffic can speed up transit (Fast Company)
    • In Amsterdam and in the U.S., people have had to demand traffic safety via protests (CityLab)
    • San Francisco built a park on a building (NY Times)
    • New Muni buses don't need the overhead wire (SF Chronicle)
    • In Cupertino, a new on-demand shuttle launches (TechCrunch)
    • Lots of confusion about funding to widen Highway 99:
    • Newsom signs statewide rent cap into law (Pasadena Star News)

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