Tuesday’s Headlines
How to actually reduce excess vehicle travel; A car-sized hole in e-bike safety coverage; Bills are moving forward; More
8:52 AM PDT on September 12, 2023
- How to actually reduce excess vehicle travel (Planetizen)
- Using “climate tickets” to get people on transit is working (Eltis)
- There’s a car-sized hole in a lot of e-bike safety coverage (LA Times)
- Napa Valley releases Vision Zero study with recommendations (Patch)
- Planners seek input on Hollywood Blvd safety redesign (Patch)
- Soon, you will be able to pay fares on some Bay Area transit with a credit card (SF Chronicle)
- In the name of neutrality, CA agencies defer to industry on questions around autonomous vehicles (American Prospect)
- CA bill to make corporations report their climate emissions passes a major hurdle (NY1)
- Bill to extend current streamlining of some housing sent to governor (SF Chronicle)
- Update on planning for property formerly set aside for 710 Freeway expansion that never happened (Pasadena Now)
- Lots of bills already on the governor’s desk (CalMatters)
- Google/Alphabet says it’s still planning to build new neighborhood in San Jose (Mercury News)
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