Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:25 AM PDT on August 18, 2020
- The politics of the bike shortage (NY Times)
- Lots of people are still riding transit (Bloomberg)
- Transit cuts are felt deepest in low-income areas (NY Times)
- Five car companies sign on to California emission standards – but not General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, or Toyota (CalMatters)
- Be afraid of climate change – and act accordingly (Heated)
- Life as a truck driver during a pandemic (Las Cruces Sun News)
- Money from Volkswagen fraud settlement will build electric trucks (Transport Topics)
- Congressmembers demand answers about DMV sale of personal information (Sacramento Observer)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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