Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:36 AM PDT on May 18, 2022
- Traffic deaths are spiking (AP, NHTSA)
- How to make cities safer for e-bikes (Bloomberg)
- As traffic fatalities rise, Boyle Heights gets crosswalks (Spectrum)
- Broad coalition asks Fresno to put off transportation sales tax measure renewal until investment plan can be improved (Fresno Bee)
- Study: Affordable housing at TODs is the best way to support transit (HUD)
- BART looks back 50 years to its earliest days
- Report: How to overcome barriers preventing low-income people from adopting EVs (Ethan Elkind)
- City of Alameda considers piloting a universal basic income program (Local News Matters)
- Play the “spend the surplus” game (CalMatters)
- CA might eliminate late fees that add hundreds of dollars to traffic fines (Local News Matters)
- Urban wildlife crossings are a thing in California (New Yorker)
- Don’t forget about climate change (IPCC)
- The Netherlands has some ideas for adapting to sea level rise (Independent)
- India used to know how to build to keep out the heat (Time)
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