Tuesday’s Headlines
Riding public transit for pleasure; How to increase the numbers organizing for street safety; Don't "turn down the rhetoric"; More
8:26 AM PDT on July 16, 2024
- Exponential organizing for street safety advocates (Carter Lavin)
- A flaneur on public transit (Human Transit)
- Study says: Older people who ride transit are significantly less likely to die of any cause (Science Direct)
- Richmond voters may approve taxes on refineries (Politico)
- No, do not “turn down the rhetoric” (Heated)
- Another bump in the transition to EVs: not enough charging stations (CalMatters)
- Several firms are developing e-planes (Mercury News)
- Supreme Court ruling banning homeless sweeps isn’t necessarily the last word (Mercury News)
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