Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:20 AM PDT on March 29, 2022
- Climate change: still a problem (IPCC)
- Fossil fuel use is destroying civilization (NY Times)
- Gas tax rebates miss the point (Mass Transit)
- Ban cars later, but pay people to buy gas now? (Capitol Public Radio)
- Last-minute deal to extend renter protections has some serious flaws (CalMatters)
- Colorado may pass an “Idaho Stop” law for bikes (Colorado Politics)
- Deadly highways: Fewer crashes, but more fatalities (Capitol Weekly)
- Valley Link Rail – from Alameda County to Central Valley – is a “funding priority” (Patch)
- Federal transportation budget released (USDOT)
- $450 million in FTA grants for California transit expansion (Senator Feinstein)
- And $4 million for a hydrogen fueling station for Tri Delta Transit (East County Today)
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