Tuesday’s Headlines

Living in a 15-minute city is pretty cool; Off-street parking reform can lower emissions and housing costs; CA law expands ban on requiring more parking for new housing near transit; More

By Melanie Curry

8:47 AM PDT on September 24, 2024

Brussels. Image: Wikimedia

Living in a 15-minute neighborhood is pretty cool, actually (Angie Schmitt)
New law will expand ban on requiring housing developments to build parking near transit (Long Beach Post)
Proving that off-street parking reform can lower emissions and housing costs (ITDP)
Los Angeles Metro details “Games Enhanced Transit System” in new report (The Sports Examiner)
Caltrain launches all-electric service (Mass Transit)
Photos: Europe's car-free plazas were parking lots for years (Politico)
California's electric car culture (Legal Planet)
Federal money will help install EV fast chargers along state freeways (San Diego Union Tribune)
Newsom's veto of AB 2448 dashes Riverside County's dreams of becoming an EV hub (Daily Bulletin)
CA Democrats take money from big oil and vote against environmental laws (CBS)
Appliance Efficiency Paranoia: It's a tactic (Heated)
Football team's flight using "clean fuel"? The story is way more complicated than that (LegalPlanet)
California sues Exxon for misleading people about plastic recycling (CA Attorney General)
HUD is exploring giving renters cash instead of vouchers (NPR)

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Melanie Curry

@StreetsblogCal

Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, ever since commuting to school by bike long before bike lanes were a thing. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, editor of Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center, and earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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