Thursday’s Headlines
California is short-changing climate-friendly mobility; Santa Cruz Transit looks to expand; Welcome to the year of the e-bike; More
8:34 AM PDT on October 5, 2023
- California is short-changing climate-friendly mobility (NRDC)
- Santa Cruz Transit looks to expand (Planetizen)
- A young BART intern writes reports on station accessibility for blind and low-vision folks (BART)
- Welcome to the year of the e-bike (Forbes)
- E-bikes are big in Germany, and growing in the U.S. (Bicycling)
- One solution to the housing crisis: Shrink roads (Fast Company)
- Berkeley’s patchwork regulations and state regulations complicate ADU rules (Mercury News)
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