Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:28 AM PDT on July 6, 2021
- LA Times discovers battery-powered trains (but mentions it might not work for HSR)
- Court blocks sale of Caltrans property in South Pasadena (Pasadena Now)
- DeSaulnier on the federal transportation bill (Mercury News)
- Caltrans’ road building creates funding streams, but doesn’t solve congestion (Davis Vanguard)
- Union City’s controversial East-West Connector gets help from the state (Mercury News)
- State will fund more rebates for electric vehicles, but questions remain (SF Chronicle)
- Cities across Europe address gender divide in transportation (Bloomberg)
- COVID has not gone away (LA Times)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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