Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:30 AM PDT on April 14, 2021
- The case for a transit-first infrastructure plan (CityLab)
- Bill to ban fracking – and require setbacks around oil wells – dies in committee (SF Chronicle)
- Sacramento Bee “unearths” a report saying what’s been known all along – gas taxes are not enough to fix all the roads CA already has
- Recycled plastic in roads? Bill to study the issue advances (Coronado Times)
- But maybe keep microplastic, particulate pollution in mind (Wired)
- Bill would allow school buses to use cameras to enforce speed violations (Spectrum News)
- Special treatment: CA politicians may be fined for campaign violations, but that doesn’t mean they pay or anything (CalMatters)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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