Monday’s Headlines
Low-traffic neighborhood see huge health benefits; How transportation funding is used to manipulate cities; Proposed FHWA rule would require pedestrian, bike safety assessments; More
8:47 AM PDT on March 11, 2024
- Low-traffic neighborhood residents experience health gains worth 100 times the cost of implementing them (The Guardian)
- Proposed FHWA rule change would require bike, pedestrian safety assessments (Smart Cities Dive)
- How transportation funding is used to manipulate cities (Good Men Project)
- Big Oil faces a flood of climate lawsuits (Grist)
- Emergency response teams investigate oil sheen off Huntington Beach (OC Register)
- Rising utility rates make charging e-cars more expensive (SF Chronicle)
- SF to receive $12m in federal funding for various projects, including wayfinding, station improvements (ABC)
- Merced, San Joaquin have some of the worst pollution in the country (Yahoo!)
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