Tuesday’s Headlines
Complete Streets bill putters ahead; SF plan to extend Caltrain to downtown progresses; New toll lanes on I-10 in San Berdoo; More
8:30 AM PDT on August 27, 2024
- Complete Streets bill passes Assembly, in a softer version (Politico)
- SF plan to extend Caltrain into downtown – and prepare for high-speed rail – moves ahead (Newsweek)
- New toll lanes on the 10 Fwy in San Bernardino to open this week (Daily Bulletin)
- Thousands take part in the Coronado Bike the Bay Ride – a rare chance to bike over the Coronado Bridge (ABC10)
- Parisians are choosing bikes over cars. Will New Yorkers do that too? (New York Times)
- Using graphics to show how air quality can improve with political will (The Guardian)
- Newsom won’t delay law that creates a buffer zone around oil well, but he axes funding to enforce it (CalMatters)
- Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities: Seven projects in LA County (Urbanize)
- Opinion: Reform CEQA instead of just punching holes in it (LA Times)
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