Wednesday’s Headlines
Every city needs a walkability study; Improving bike safety with a simple law change; Lawsuit threatens climate disclosure law; More
8:42 AM PST on January 31, 2024
- Every city needs a walkability study (Common Edge)
- New California law helps change bike infrastructure without lifting a finger (BikeMag)
- Construction at People’s Park is endangering pedestrian and bicycle movement (Daily Cal)
- Lawsuit threatens to delay climate disclosure law (ClimateWire)
- Carbon neutrality on sale – the game is afoot (Energy at Haas)
- Report: Governor Newsom appointed mostly white people last year (2Urban Girls)
- Is Fresno done growing? (GV Wire)
- San Jose’s new housing element – supporting 62K new homes – finally approved (Mercury News)
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