Friday’s Headlines
What are Class III bikeways? Who's really to blame for traffic deaths? Zero emission trucks and vans are on the rise; More
8:36 AM PDT on June 7, 2024
- What are Class III bikeways, anyway, and how do they affect bike riders? (Calbike)
- Who’s to blame for rising traffic deaths? (LA Times)
- Amtrak completes accessibility improvements at Bay Area stations (Mass Transit)
- Take public transit to Bay Area Juneteenth celebrations (The Bay Link)
- CityNerd gives out NIMBY awards (YouTube)
- One in six new trucks and vans in CA are zero-emission vehicles, double over last year (Governor Gavin Newsom, Sacramento Bee)
- Despite promises of “jobs,” neighborhoods lose out to warehouses (LA Times)
- Federal infrastructure funding is not reaching the communities who need it most (Union of Concerned Scientists)
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