Thursday’s Headlines
Car ownership is a debt trap; Americans don't want to keep expanding highways; Flying cars are upon us; More
8:43 AM PDT on July 6, 2023
- The impossible paradox of car ownership (Vox)
- Americans are ready to end highway expansion, even if politicians are not (The Urbanist)
- Fireworks bring “some of the worst ever” air quality. What’s the carbon footprint? (LA Times)
- …. and tons of trash (SF Chronicle)
- Sure, let’s move traffic problems to the skies: Startup gets permission to test its “flying cars” (SF Chronicle)
- Santa Cruz to buy 54 zero-emission buses with federal grant money (Patch, Good Times)
- Bill to increase Bay Area bridge tolls to pay for transit passes first committee (ABC7)
- “Car brain” is a fitting insult (The Atlantic)
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