Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:42 AM PDT on August 22, 2022
- It shouldn’t be so hard to buy an electric car (LA Times)
- It shouldn’t be so hard to live without a car in LA (LA Times)
- Here’s what happens when a country uses bikes to fight climate emissions – it works (Wired)
- Let’s really talk about speed limiters on cars (Treehugger)
- LA Metro CEO declares: We will build a people-centered transportation system (The Source)
- Opinion: AC Transit prioritizes wealthy commuters over South Berkeley riders (Berkeleyside)
- Podcast: CA high-speed rail is “having a moment” (SF Chronicle)
- Converting idle commercial land to housing is a climate strategy too (CalMatters)
- Housing bills held up by labor union disagreements (CalMatters)
- What makes a healthy city? (Price School)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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