Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:20 AM PDT on May 13, 2021
- Instead of bus-only lanes, SFMTA approves temporary HOV lanes through town (Mass Transit)
- Lafayette City Council approves plan for mid-street bike and pedestrian path (Patch)
- Randal O’Toole is wrong about high-speed rail (Pedestrian Observations)
- Las Vegas needs a rail connection to SoCal (Las Vegas Sun)
- Uber, Lyft want state subsidies to meet EV mandates (Reuters)
- Tesla auto-pilot: Back seat driver arrested, fatal crash being investigated (ABC)
- Curb space is valuable, but we’re just giving it away (American Planning Association)
- Climate resilience: What it means and why it matters (Treehugger)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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