Thursday’s Headlines
More on MUTCD; Caltrans has a big SHOPP-ing list; A couple of year-end roundups; Santa Monica to study a tax on parking for transportation; More
8:29 AM PST on December 21, 2023
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- Newly updated MUTCD doesn’t go far enough (Smart Growth America)
- What’s on California’s $16 billion SHOPP-ing list (NRDC)
- BART: Don’t worry, that bad smell won’t hurt you (The Messenger)
- Santa Monica to study a tax on parking for transportation (Santa Monica Next)
- 2023 roundups:
- LA Metro (The Source)
- How 2023 changed clean energy policies in states (ClimateWire)
- Progress on California high-speed rail (CAHSRA)
- Palmdale makes plans for high-speed rail (CAHSRA)
- Urban speed limits are dropping (Yale Climate Connections)
- Napa opens an expensive pedestrian and bike underpass (Press Democrat)
- On-demand microtransit is no solution (Planetizen)
- Santa Monica makes outreach plan to turn airport to park (Santa Monica Next)
- Public input sought on transportation plans for Southern California and the Inland Empire (Patch)
- Merchants on Valencia say bike lane is ruining business, but data show a different story (Mission Local)
- White House has a new strategy for getting federal money into the hands of environmental justice groups (The Verge)
- Biden calls on transit agencies to protect workers (The Hill)
- Supreme Court agrees to hear case against EPA’s clean air rule (E&E News)
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