Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:20 AM PDT on May 28, 2021
- San Diego makes plans for faster rail transit; Opponents say that would hurt freeways (San Diego Union Tribune)
- What a city can gain when it removes a freeway (NY Times)
- Race and income have a dramatic effect on pollution exposure (Capitol Weekly)
- People are going to be traveling a lot this summer (SF Chronicle)
- Cap-and-trade auction results are strong (Environmental Defense Fund)
- Big oil’s bad day (New Yorker, Grist)
- …was a good day for life on Earth (Heated)
- Panel: Can public transit recover from pandemic? (Politico)
- Even partially automated driving encourages more driving (Wired)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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