Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:33 AM PDT on August 7, 2020
- Commuting by transit during a pandemic is tricky (LA Magazine)
- Key Democrats push for federal aid for transit (Washington Post)
- Move police money to transit (NextCity)
- Even AAA recommends limiting “partially automated driving systems” (The Hill)
- More predictions (speculation) about how the U.S. workforce could change (The Atlantic)
- Cities advance complete streets (Smart Growth America)
- Sprawl and climate change (NPR)
- Understanding modern suburbs (Politico)
- Twisted: Chevron to use solar power for fracking (The Real News)
- What’s going on with that COVID data problem (LA Times, SF Chronicle)
- COVID has moved to rural areas (LA Times)
- Oakland’s official bird refuses to be displaced (Oaklandside)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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