Today’s Headlines

• CA high-speed rail opponents get the final boot from court (LA Times)
• A history of red light enforcement in Oakland (Oaklandside)
• Former Assembly Transportation chair Jim Frazier to resign (SF Chronicle, Mercury News)
• Pushing for transit justice (SmartCitiesDive)
• Cruise self-driving taxi promotional videos show disregard for safe loading (Reuters)
• This morning: Santa Cruz County invites public input on investing transportation funds (Patch)
• Redwood City Caltrain stop may finally get the right kind of development (SF Chronicle)
• SPUR: Expand parklet and safe streets programs, don’t abandon them (SF Chronicle)
• Transit workers are in high demand nationwide (NY Times)
• More on San Francisco’s lessons on designing safer left turns (Forbes)
• Using urban forestry to battle climate inequities (Fast Company)
• Google Street View cars, driving around endlessly, have also mapped pollution (SF Chronicle)
• Federal report on oil drilling offers crickets on climate change – but does point out that U.S. oil reserves are being sold for way too cheap (NY Times)

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