Tuesday’s Headlines
We must prioritize pedestrian dignity; Climate fraud in regional transportation plans; Burning Man's carbon footprint; More
8:40 AM PDT on August 22, 2023
- Prioritize pedestrian dignity (Strong Towns)
- More on bill that would have hiked bridge tolls to pay for transit (SF Gate, Mercury News)
- The climate fraud in regional transportation plans – a warning from Oregon (City Observatory)
- Changes promised at SF intersection where young girl was killed (ABC7, SF Chronicle)
- San Diego’s best transit-oriented development (San Diego Union Tribune)
- San Jose area transit is recovering ridership faster than most (Mass Transit)
- Striking Visalia transit workers ratify a new contract (Mass Transit)
- Unions are not opposing new housing laws in California so much (Vox)
- Burning Man’s carbon footprint (48hills)
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