Wednesday’s Headlines
Road project leaves Half Moon Bay residents without access; Kern County residents concerned about a carbon capture plan; Who works from home in the Bay Area? More
8:19 AM PDT on April 17, 2024
- We need to make cities less car-dependent (Scientific American)
- No city is a traffic island (ITS International)
- We don’t see what climate change is doing to us (NY Times)
- Half Moon Bay residents find road project leaves pedestrians with no access (San Mateo Daily Journal)
- CA can’t stop Highway 1 from crumbling into the sea (LA Times)
- Dodger fans react to gondola proposal (Spectrum)
- UCLA transit pass programs 2023: reduced emissions, improved accessibility (UCLA)
- Kern County residents raise concerns about experimental carbon capture plan (CalMatters)
- California’s electricity is inextricably linked to rural red state coal towns (LA Times)
- Santa Cruz transportation commissioners, county supes spar over budget, state grant for coastal rail trail (Santa Cruz Local)
- Report: who works from home in the Bay Area? (BayLink)
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