Wednesday’s Headlines
Time to reshape the document that shapes streets; SF petitions CPUC to reconsider robotaxi decision; SF's Geary Blvd may finally get BRT; Ban car advertising? More
8:32 AM PDT on August 16, 2023
- It’s time to reshape the document that shapes our streets (NACTO)
- $3B available nationally to build and repair communities through safe, equitable pedestrian, bicycle, transit improvements (Safe Routes Partnerships)
- Americans want sustainable transportation options, not more highways (NRDC)
- SF petitions CPUC to reconsider decision to allow robotaxis (California Globe)
- Robotaxis may be heading into fierce resistance (The Verge)
- SF’s Geary Blvd may finally get its bus-only lanes out to the Richmond (ABC7, SF Chronicle)
- CAHSRA completes another overcrossing (RT&S)
- LA-to-Vegas HSR waits to hear whether it will get a grant (Review Journal)
- CA decides to stick with gas: power plants to stay open (CalMatters, LA Times)
- Car advertising should be banned, or at least forced to be honest (Policy Options)
- CA state parks department buys land in Santa Cruz County (Mercury News)
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