Thursday’s Headlines
Why can't you ride a bike from Oakland to SF? CARB needs to reform its low carbon fuel standards; Robotaxi companies are lobbying hard, and it shows; More
8:45 AM PDT on August 24, 2023
- Why can’t you ride a bike from Oakland to San Francisco? (SF Standard)
- Here’s some really great bicycle infrastructure – in other countries (Momentum Mag)
- Federal grants for ZEV buses benefit Livermore-based bus maker (Independent News)
- Robotaxi companies spent millions on lobbying state and local officials (SF Standard)
- Newsom supports autonomous vehicle industry (Politico)
- CARB needs to reform its fuel standards and stop giving money to inadequately clean fuels (NRDC)
- Is a company buying up land near the Sacramento River so it can build a new city there? (SF Chronicle)
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