Thursday’s Headlines
Want to save the planet? Save transit; Caltrain begins testing electric trains; Fighting for a Dutch-inspired transportation shift; More
8:14 AM PDT on June 8, 2023
- Want to save the planet? Save the bus (NRDC)
- Fighting like an American for a Dutch-inspired transportation shift (Carter Lavin)
- Caltrain begins testing of first electric trains (Mass Transit)
- A ferry versus real transportation needs (Berkeleyside)
- How to build a 15-minute city with bicycles at the center (Momentum)
- How unchecked “excess emissions” ballooned in Texas (Grist)
- Biden wants a new national lab to study effects of climate change on disadvantaged communities (Science)
- California renters are struggling (LA Times)
- Neighborhoods benefit from transforming vacant lots (Pew)
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