Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:27 AM PST on December 8, 2022
- These car-free streets are here to stay (Reasons to Be Cheerful)
- Coachella Valley bike and pedestrian project gets $36M in Active Transportation Program grant (Desert Sun)
- San Jose abolishes minimum parking requirements (Mercury News)
- Traffic death surge drives calls for safety cameras (Route Fifty)
- A school plants trees to fight freeway fumes (Fresnoland)
- Supreme Court cases could upend environmental justice laws (Pew Trusts)
- Study: People would rather walk somewhere interesting, even with obstacles (CBS)
- Central Valley group sets out to “save oil company jobs” (Fresnoland)
- Wildfire smoke can cut solar power output (Mercury News)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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