Wednesday’s Headlines
Cash incentives can change transportation habits; Safer streets need investment; Suburbs don't want to support public transit; Depaving; More
8:26 AM PDT on May 8, 2024
- What Exxon’s CEO gets wrong about the climate crisis (LA Times)
- Berkeley considers adding a Fire Department position focused on reducing “street trauma” (Berkeleyside)
- Sacramento City Council wants to invest in safer streets – does it have the budget? (Sacramento Bee)
- California e-bike incentive workgroup recap (CalBike)
- Vancouver study finds e-bike rebates decreased car use (CTV News)
- Shifting transportation habits with cold, hard cash (The Urbanist)
- South Bay’s transit agency VTA is not happy with proposed regional transit measure (KQED)
- Suburban politicians support drivers, don’t want to help public transit (Politico)
- LA Metro bus drivers hold a sick-out over safety (The Center Square)
- LA plans digital bus shelters (GovTech)
- Federal “Build Green” bill seeks investments in public transit, carbon reduction (Inside Climate News)
- Existing CA rail lines garner federal funding (Newsweek, KION)
- It didn’t have to be this way: Patterns of sprawl in California’ Central Valley cities (Urban Institute)
- Owners of Pom Wonderful now want to develop warehouses in Kern County (LA Times)
- Amazon rolls out 50 zero-emission (electric) big rigs (Spectrum)
- Six guiding principles for transforming old malls into community hubs (Urban Land Institute)
- The depaving movement is growing (Clean Technica)
- Nature-based solutions are critical for dealing with climate change (Policy Options)
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