Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:42 AM PST on December 17, 2020
- Transit is “in a death spiral” (LA Times)
- Amtrak is struggling (CalMatters)
- Scouts’ community project: surveying bad pavement on bike boulevards (Bike East Bay)
- Seattle’s helmet law enforcement punishes homeless people (Systemic Failure)
- Ways to address climate change and inequality (The City Fix)
- Can cap-and-trade address environmental justice? (GreenBiz)
- Best mobility solutions from seven cities (Eltis)
- American families are evolving, but housing is not (Brookings, Smart Growth America)
- Ten sustainable transportation trends of 2020 (GreenBiz)
- FTA awards funds for planning housing at transit stations ($350,000 to BART) (Mass Transit)
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