Thursday’s Headlines

• Celebrating 30 years of better biking (CalBike)
• TRB report: Road safety crisis requires action (Smart Cities Dive)
• Are climate protestors wasting their time? No (LA Times)
• New law will speed cleanup of old oil wells (CalMatters)
• How will CA manage the slow death of gas industry? (LA Times)
• Hilton, Marriott and Chipotle bankroll climate opposition despite green claims (BNN Bloomberg)
• Governor Newsom takes on Big Oil (CalMatters)
  • But Republicans just want lower gas prices (Carmichael Times, The Ceres Courier)
• San Diego man pleads guilty to smuggling greenhouse gases (San Diego Union Tribune)
• $54 million boost for CA high-speed rail (Newsweek)
• The scourge of long trains (Boondoggle)
• Cost benefit calculus: A billion-plus to save six minutes (Route Fifty)
• Car companies might have to start caring about pedestrian safety (Fast Company)
• Cargo bikes are replacing polluting vans in London (Bloomberg)
• Environmental justice history (Urban Land Institute)
• Learning from Sacramento’s downtown strategy (SF Chronicle)

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