Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:17 AM PDT on August 19, 2021
- The climate gap in the Eastern Coachella Valley is extreme (ProPublica)
- Electric vehicles won’t save us – but electric bicycles could (Propmodo)
- Santa Monica plans a (temporary) car-free Main Street (City of Santa Monica)
- A 3-D printed bike lane designed to hang under bridges? (Fast Company)
- California farmworkers face extreme health risks from heat, fires – with little regulatory protection (Sacrament Bee)
- It’s a vague and confusing funding landscape for CA high speed rail (LA Times)
- Self-driving cars are still a long, long way off (Jalopnik)
- Did losing the commute make people more productive? (Chicago Booth Review)
- MIT weighs in on Great Highway debate: Opening it back up to cars is a mistake (SF Examiner)
- Feds plan to enforce higher fines on automakers who miss fuel efficiency targets (Reuters)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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