Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:00 AM PDT on May 17, 2021
- We need a holistic traffic model that includes all our goals (The Urbanist)
- Newsom proposes huge budget (Bloomberg)
- Including money for high-speed rail (KTLA)
- Why do American planners like California’s parking minimums? (Slate)
- Minneapolis eliminates parking requirements (Star Tribune)
- Uber, Lyft drivers get pay cuts under Prop 22 (Guardian)
- Definition of “equity” is elusive (Eno Center for Transportation)
- Madrid argues over its low emission, car-free zone (Cities Today)
- LA’s fight against homelessness is “quixotic” (LA Times)
- Homeless people in Oakland build a refuge (Guardian)
- California has very little data on water use – not good in a drought (SF Chronicle)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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