Thursday’s Headlines

Climate change is proceeding just as science predicted; The people who want to build a brand new city nearby don't like SF; Housing is a labor - an everything - issue; Critics say LA Metro's active transportation plan would cost too much; More

By Melanie Curry

8:34 AM PDT on August 31, 2023

Screengrab: The Guardian

Climate change is following scientific predictions - only faster, and harsher (The Guardian)
Housing is a labor issue (How Things Work)
Fresno set to receive a lot of money to revitalize its downtown, add housing (Fresnoland)
The "secretive" plan to build a new city from scratch - overpaying for land, accumulating it over years (LA Times)
- The land buyers don't like San Francisco (SF Gate)
San Jose's plan to add housing is not good enough (Mercury News)
State grants money for affordable housing, sustainable transportation (KTLA)
LA Metro unveils its active transportation plan: Safety is too expensive! say critics (LA Daily News)
The rise of privately run intercity trains (Washington Post)
Pay parents to drive their kids to school? (WHYY)

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Melanie Curry

@StreetsblogCal

Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, ever since commuting to school by bike long before bike lanes were a thing. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, editor of Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center, and earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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