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Heat, fire, smoke; The case against driving kids to school; Freight can shrink its footprint; More

SoCal Fires burning

  • Heat, fire, smoke, and oil company advertising (LA Times Boiling Point)
  • The case(s) against driving kids to school (SF Standard)
  • It's actually safer for everyone when it's legal for bike riders treat stop signs as "yield" signs (Electrek)
  • Rodeo Drive added giant balls to protect pedestrians, but they take up half the sidewalk (Beverly Press)
  • Free rides on Caltrain this weekend to celebrate electrification (Mass Transit)
  • Driverless taxis still need human help (NY Times)
  • Forum: Cars are getting bigger and more dangerous - what can we do about it? (KQED)
  • Has gasoline use in California peaked? (Union of Concerned Scientists)
  • Freight can have a smaller footprint (Transportation 4 America)
  • Berkeley and BART reach a deal that could move forward project to replace parking lots with housing (Berkeleyside)
  • Survey: 70% of Londoners want MORE low-traffic neighborhoods (Forbes)

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