Wednesday’s Headlines
Permanent car-free Hayes St? No right turns on red? And why aren't new cars safer for people outside them? Carbon pollution costs a lot; More
8:33 AM PDT on September 27, 2023
- Advocates push for permanent car-free Hayes Street in SF (SF Examiner)
- SF Supervisor calls for ban on right turns on red lights (SF Chronicle)
- Oakland lowers speed limits on several corridors (Oaklandside)
- Why aren’t new cars safer for people outside them? (AP)
- Newsom should sign bill to clean up orphan oil wells (Capitol Weekly)
- …and to decriminalize fare evasion (CalBike)
- Pollution is expensive, and industry will have to pay (Clean Technica)
- Boost in solar energy and EV sales gives hope on climate, but….. (AP)
- New state watchdog questions recent gas price fluctuations in California (Politico, San Diego Union Tribune)
- AV industry is spending big on lobbying against safety (Jacobin)
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