Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

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By Melanie Curry

8:46 AM PDT on May 16, 2023

USDOT finds demand for funding to tear down freeways is very high (Urban Institute)
- But the federal infrastructure bill is building freeways (E&E)
Megabus returns to major CA cities with daily trips (Yahoo, SF Examiner)
Newsom’s budget cuts climate spending (Mercury News)
City of Pasadena, rather than support Bike Week, plans to enforce traffic rules this Friday, with the usual language about “shared responsibility for safety” (Pasadena Now)
How to quit cars (New Yorker)
Engineers need to account for the costs of traffic violence in their calculations (Speakeasy)
Study: Emissions from fossil fuel industry are causing excessive wildfires (Sacramento Bee)
Interview with EPA regional director on environmental justice (PPIC)

Find more California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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