Wednesday’s Headlines
The hottest day ever? Oil and gas industry lobbying hampers the fight against climate change; What high-speed rail stations will look like; More
8:44 AM PDT on July 5, 2023
- Tuesday may have been the hottest day ever (AP)
- Oil and gas lobbying threaten California’s climate efforts (Capital & Main)
- What California’s first high-speed rail stations will look like (SF Chronicle)
- Brightline West gets grants for stations in Hesperia and Apple Valley (Railway News)
- Podcast: Winners and losers in the just-passed California budget (Capitol Weekly)
- Sonoma County deploys on-demand transit (Smart Cities World)
- Lawmakers from outside the Bay Area core oppose raising bridge tolls (Napa Valley Register)
- SF police want footage taken by self-driving cars (Bloomberg)
- Helping people live closer to activities can reduce VMT (Brookings)
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