Today’s Headlines

• E-bikes can be an affordable way to reach climate goals (CalMatters)
• OCTA plans to use state funding for fare reduction programs and battery electric pilot (Mass Transit)
• LA Metro exploring plan for free transit (LA Times)
• Albertson’s begins replacing heavy-duty diesel trucks with electric semis (Fast Company)
• Ontario partners with Tesla to bring charging stations downtown (Daily Bulletin)
• Study: Airlines claim carbon offsets offer carbon neutrality, but it’s only hot air (Transport & Environment)
• Design public spaces for teen girls (Bloomberg)
• Empty malls to become housing? (AP)
• “Decade-old” project to “unclog” the “worst bottleneck” – highway widening gets funding (Marin Independent Journal)
• I-710 widening isn’t dead yet (LA Times)
• CTC chair responds to LA Times complaint about high gas prices, slow road repairs

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF