Today’s Headlines
- Every year, drivers crash into businesses; the impacts are long-lasting (Oaklandside)
- Feds say California is ineligible for transit funding because of pension rules (ABC, Washington Post)
- Public transit use must double, at least (Bloomberg)
- Freeway building has displaced hundreds of thousands of people - and still is (LA Times)
- New smog rule in SoCal could save lives (Grist)
- Where toxic air pollutes neighborhoods (ProPublica)
- Electric cars won't save the planet (Forbes)
- The police are no help when you're trying to get your stolen bike back (LA Times)
- Draft state redistricting maps would reshape key districts (AP)
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