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Thursday’s Headlines

How e-bikes are shifting the transportation landscape; Driverless cars are honking, waking people; The gas tax is going to have be replaced; More

  • Fremont made me a suburbanite (kind of) (Darrell Owens)
  • Lowering speeds, improving crosswalks: Santa Rosa looks to improve street safety (The Press Democrat)
  • Study: How e-bikes are shifting the transportation landscape (Momentum Mag)
  • LA Metro wants riders on its public safety committee (KTLA)
  • Fresno's city college offers a shuttle to rural area (ABC30)
  • More on plan for a car-free Olympics with potentially lasting effects (SmartCitiesDive, LA Times)
  • States are going to need to replace the gas tax (Politico)
  • When will new toll lanes open in San Bernardino County? (Daily Bulletin)
  • Now they're HONKING: Driverless cars keep waking people up (East Bay Times)
  • People think it's annoying to refuel hydrogen cars; wait till they hear about that leakage problem (LA Times)
  • CA seeks federal permission to start banning new diesel trucks (CalMatters)
  • Are outgoing legislators voting on bills that affect their new employers? (CalMatters)
  • Bay Area housing bond removed from ballot (CalMatters, SF Chronicle)
  • San Diego might expand its "safe sleeping" sites for unhoused people (San Diego Union Tribune)
    • While LA looks to ban RV parking (LA Times)

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