Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:04 AM PDT on August 16, 2021
- Hundreds protest reopening of Great Highway in SF to cars (KRON4)
- Foothill Gold Line is more than a quarter complete (Patch)
- San Jose’s light rail is still out of service, making returning student commutes much harder (Patch)
- New coalition in San Diego focused on speeding up transition to electric transportation (California News Times)
- HSR authority to discuss Bakersfield-to-Palmdale route this week (Tehachapi News)
- E-cargo bikes are faster than delivery vans, by a lot (Electrek)
- The consequences of cars – and of celebrating classic cars for a week in Monterey County (Monterey County Weekly)
- New US Bicycle Route designations, including in California (Lonely Planet)
- What if the Newsom recall succeeds? (CalMatters)
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