Thursday’s Headlines
Federal infrastructure bill is a climate time bomb; Homelessness is killing people; E-bike incentives; Banning gas stations; Inland Empire warehouse jobs are not very desirable ones; More
8:39 AM PST on February 29, 2024
- Federal infrastructure bill is a climate time bomb (Transportation for America)
- It’s that old saw: Safety advocates v. firefighters (LA Times)
- Homelessness can be a death sentence (CalMatters)
- What e-bike incentives can – and can’t – do (Bloomberg)
- Oildale adds sidewalks (Aol)
- UC Davis transit celebrates a milestone: 100 million riders (KCRA)
- Plan for new city needs voter approval (Yahoo!)
- Sacramento moves to prohibit new gas stations, drive-throughs (Fresno Bee)
- Other cities are doing the same (Grist)
- El Cerrito breaks ground on housing at Del Norte BART station (East Bay Times)
- Chula Vista and National City get state grants for “green transportation” (BNN)
- Construction begins on wall to hold back San Clemente cliffs above rail line (LAist)
- Put a car horn on your bike (Clean Technica)
- Report: Inland Empire warehouses provide jobs, but they’re lousy ones (UCR)
- Can California capture some of this rain? (CalMatters)
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