Wednesday’s Headlines
Why are we still widening highways, again? The cargo bike effect is real; Reports on the death of intercity bus service are premature; More
8:41 AM PST on February 7, 2024
- We can’t widen our way out of congestion. So why are we still doing it? (LA Times)
- The cargo bike effect is real – and it’s glorious (Momentum Mag)
- There’s hope for intercity bus service in the US (Smart Cities Dive)
- Newsom’s proposed budget includes millions for IT at Caltrans, increasing its budget (GovTech)
- EPA is in a hurry to get climate money to disinvested communities (Inside Climate News)
- Video of Tesla drivers wearing VR headsets show how truly dumb people can be (The Guardian)
- Newsom sends the CHP to Oakland to fight crime (SF Chronicle)
- CA legislators want to ban houseless people from living in encampments. So: where can they go? (KCRA, CalMatters)
- LA County sets out to remove racist covenants from housing records (LA Times)
- US EPA sets new, stricter air quality standards for particulate matter (CalMatters)
- India did it: In five years, almost half of its passenger trains were converted to electric (Energy Monitor)
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