Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Oakland Votes to Keep Protected Bike Lanes (SFChron) Fox LA Looks at Security Costs for Caltrans to Keep Guarding Empty Houses on 710 Corridor Mask Mandate Back at State Capitol (SacBee) Kingsburg Councilmember Faces Recall, DUI Charge (Fresno Bee) CicLAvia , LA’s Open Streets Festival, Returns This Year (LAT, Biking in L.A.) Economists Correct Pols, Highway … Continued

By Damien Newton

8:48 AM PDT on July 7, 2021

Oakland Votes to Keep Protected Bike Lanes (SFChron)
Fox LA Looks at Security Costs for Caltrans to Keep Guarding Empty Houses on 710 Corridor
Mask Mandate Back at State Capitol (SacBee)
Kingsburg Councilmember Faces Recall, DUI Charge (Fresno Bee)
CicLAvia , LA’s Open Streets Festival, Returns This Year (LAT, Biking in L.A.)
Economists Correct Pols, Highway Funding Doesn’t Help Economies in the Long-Term (Political Wire)
OpEd: In Era of Climate Change, Would Be Foolish to Expand Highways in Central Valley (Fresno Bee)
Funding for Transit, Electric Vehicles Cut Back from Biden Plan to “Compromise” (WaPo)
San Diego Creates Website to Help Consumers Navigate E-Vehicle Market (Union-Tribune)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
National Headlines at Streetsblog USA

Damien Newton

Today's Headlines

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