Tuesday’s Headlines
CA has to change its relationship with cars; Change is scary, climate change is scarier; Santa Maria transit unveils electric fleet; Caltrans to hold meeting on Stockon I-5 viaduct; More
8:17 AM PDT on April 23, 2024
- California has to change its relationship with cars (Santa Monica Daily Press)
- Changing our lives is scary. But the coming climate crisis is way scarier (LA Times)
- Santa Maria Regional Transit unveils fleet of electric buses (KSBY, KEYT)
- Accessibility improvements coming for BART riders (SmartCitiesDive)
- Santa Clara VTA one of three agencies recognized by FTA for emission reduction strategies (Federal Transit Administration)
- Caltrans to hold public meeting on Stockton viaduct along I-5 on May 7 (Caltrans)
- Courts upholding “builders remedy” allowing housing developers by-right development (Orange County Register)
- Builder’s remedy leading to more sprawl development (Mercury News)
- CA announces new state park, sets climate goals for natural lands (MSN)
- CA plan sets goals for “nature-based solutions” to climate (LA Times)
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