Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:45 AM PDT on June 17, 2020
- CA Surgeon General: Racism and oppression are harming Black health (Medium)
- Calls for BART board director to step down after tone-deaf remarks (SF Chronicle)
- How police might be replaced (LA Times)
- Environmental justice in the spotlight (Politico)
- The high cost of bad sidewalks (City Lab)
- Public transit innovations post-COVID (The City Fix)
- Current AV technology has a hard time depicting people with dark skin (SSTI)
- More on bill to fast-track transit, bike, ped projects (MassTransit)
- Lompoc bike/ped plan aims to make city a destination for cycling tourism (Santa Inez Valley News)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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