Wednesday’s Headlines
How LA can reduce traffic, build housing, and pull off the Olympics; Is there a plan for saving Bay Area transit? More police are using e-bikes to pull over cars; More
8:37 AM PDT on October 23, 2024
- How LA can increase reduce traffic, build housing, and pull off the Olympics (Slate)
- LA’s vision of a car-free Olympics “running short on money”? Just do it (LA Times)
- Is there even a plan to help Bay Area public transit? (Mercury News)
- San Francisco still working on the idea of a new subway on Geary Blvd (SF Gate)
- Napa transit not ready to offer fare-free bus rides (Mass Transit)
- Police are using e-bikes to pull cars over for traffic stops (Electrek)
- E-bikes are not “cheating” (Cycling Weekly)
- Federal funding will widen Highway 99 in Tulare (Sierra Sun Times)
- What are the international spillover effects of climate policies? (Bank Underground)
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