Today’s Headlines
- Car-free transportation gets a boost from RAISE grants (CityLab)
- How growing inequity threatens sustainability (GreenBiz)
- Climate refugees are not a foreign element (Politico)
- Knowing their pollution is killing people doesn’t mean they have to do anything about it (ProPublica)
- Caltrain’s new electric trainsets get a test ride… in Colorado (Mass Transit)
- Berkeley ends its lackadaisical “Healthy Streets” program (Daily Californian)
- Transportation infrastructure is already feeling climate change, and most state DOTs are moving too slow on it (Washington Post)
- Yes, demand will stress the power grid. But climate change is a bigger threat (NPR)
- Tripling bike use in London (and elsewhere) would save lives, create jobs, bring huge economic dividends (Forbes)
- Report: All these new bicyclists are here to stay (SmartCitiesDive)
- The roadway expansion paradox: People “demand” roads but won’t pay for them (Planetizen)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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