Friday’s Headlines
Climate crisis costs estimated; Guerrilla bus stop benches spur city to install official ones; Cities are spending on streets and roads, but conditions are deteriorating anyway; More
8:56 AM PDT on April 5, 2024
- Study: Climate crisis will cost LA $$ billions (LA Times)
- Guerrilla bus stop benches spur Berkeley to install official ones (NBC)
- Avenal to conduct a walk audit (Your Central Valley)
- SMART expects strong ridership increases (Press Democrat)
- Sonoma highway interchange to get a roundabout (Caltrans, Sonoma News)
- Bay Area monthly transportation stats (Bay Link)
- Report: Cities are taking care of street and road maintenance, but conditions are still deteriorating (Courthouse News)
- Governor, legislature get a start on dealing with state budget deficit (LA Times, CapRadio)
- San Francisco sent homeless people away, but doesn’t know where to (SF Standard)
- Lawsuit challenges federal grant to keep California’s last nuclear reactor going (AP News)
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