Today’s Headlines
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8:32 AM PDT on October 14, 2021
- Mountain View to permanently open its main street to pedestrians (Mercury News)
- City of Sacramento pays millions after car driver hits two people (Sacramento Bee)
- Lower speed limits could be coming (LAist)
- Ports of LA and Long Beach will operate 24-7 to clear out that backlog (LA Times)
- Legislators cast doubts on high speed part of high-speed rail (AP)
- And pundits amplify the doubts (CalMatters)
- Meanwhile, in Italy, high-speed rail replaces plane trips (CNN)
- CalEPA releases update of CalEnviroScreen
- LA is planting small forests (LA Times)
- Thought experiment show climate solutions “hiding in plain sight” (Fast Company)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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