Today’s Headlines
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8:32 AM PDT on March 30, 2023
- Biking is not a crime (CalBike)
- The joys of walking (Planetizen)
- SDSU awarded grant to research safer streets for pedestrians, bicyclists (SDSU)
- A theory aimed at making communities better gives rise to paranoid hysteria, personal attacks (New York Times)
- USDOT allots $4.6M to California in emergency infrastructure (hwy) funding
- Stop building new highways (Bloomberg)
- Sustainable transportation for rural communities (The Regulatory Review)
- Turns out Nathan Fletcher – sponsor of California’s e-bike incentive administrator – quit his campaign for Senate when he saw a lawsuit heading his way (US News, San Diego Union Tribune)
- Tejon Ranch Co. determined to find a way to develop sprawl on its land (Bakersfield.com)
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