Friday’s Headlines
So, could CA HSR get built more quickly? SF asks state to reconsider allowing more driverless taxis; Maybe one-way streets never were such a good idea; More
8:49 AM PDT on August 18, 2023
- Could high-speed rail get built more quickly? (KTLA)
- San Francisco leaders ask CPUC to reconsider allowing expanded driverless taxis (SF Chronicle)
- Autonomous shuttle launches on S.F.’s Treasure Island (SF.Gov)
- From highways to healthy communities (NRDC)
- Maybe one-way streets aren’t such a good idea after all (Transfers Magazine)
- Noise – potential future noise from potential neighbors’ potential parties – is being used to oppose housing (CalMatters)
- How community aid gets to Hawaii (LA Times)
- More details on pilot carbon capture project in the Bay Area (Planetizen)
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