Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:12 AM PDT on September 8, 2021
- San Diego pledged to reduce car use – so why is it still widening freeways? (KPBS)
- Oil companies drop lawsuit to force CA to “consider the benefits of natural gas” in climate policies (LA Times)
- Long-stalled pedestrian bridge in Santa Rosa may not be quite dead (Press Democrat)
- In-car infotainment is a big distraction (Slate)
- No snow on Mt Shasta means rivers of mud quickly changing the landscape (LA Times)
- A park? Or an off-road vehicle area? State moves toward the former (SF Chronicle)
- Some Alameda County transportation projects that just got state funding (Pleasanton Weekly)
- A look at Spain’s high-speed rail network (CNN)
- Low vaccination rates in the Central Valley contribute to hospitals overwhelmed with COVID cases (LA Times)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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