Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:41 AM PDT on May 15, 2020
- Sacramento pursues transportation sales tax for November ballot (Sacramento Bee)
- Long Beach figures out sidewalk dining to create safe distancing (Long Beach Post)
- Berkeley plans to close streets for open-air restaurants (SF Eater)
- Circulate San Diego encourages residents to ride bikes (SDnews.com)
- How to protect transit workers (Transit Center)
- BART sounds alarm on finances (The Bay Link)
- Developer of electric personal transit pods to test concept in Bay Area (Mercury News)
- Old pedestrian bridge over San Francisco’s Geary Blvd to be demolished, replaced with grade-level crossings (Curbed)
- Governor’s proposed budget cuts are deep, include climate resilience programs (CapRadio)
- Lower revenue from cap-and-trade is likely (Yahoo)
- L.A. residents required to wear masks (LA Times)
- San Francisco releases guidelines for reopening businesses (SF Examiner)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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