Wednesday’s Headlines
Biking to school has many benefits; Lack of bus shelters is a serious health issue; Al Gore still has a thing or two to teach about fighting climate change; More
8:51 AM PDT on September 6, 2023
- Ways riding a bicycle to school benefits kids (Momentum Mag)
- Lack of bus shelters is a serious health issue for the people who rely on transit (LA Times)
- LA announces new Active Transportation Plan (Planetizen)
- AC Transit has to restructure its board; asks public for input on new districts (Berkeleyside)
- Is Brightline the future of train travel in the US? (Fast Company)
- Al Gore still has a few things to tell us about fighting climate change (Heated)
- L.A. was prepared for Hurricane Hilary, and it paid off (LA Times)
- Wildfires and climate change make each other worse (CalMatters)
- A deeper dive into public opinion on housing (Planetizen)
- In a single year, Brussels reduced car traffic by a quarter (Eltis)
- Lagos, Nigeria, famous for its clogged traffic, opens a subway (Quartz)
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