Wednesday’s Headlines
Cities Need to Put Their Money Where Their Mouths Are...
10:13 AM PDT on May 7, 2025
- Report Details Why SF Is Failing at Vision Zero (Examiner)
- Mobility Plans Are Great, the Money to Fund Them Are Better (Times of SD)
- Streets for All Founder Warns Budget Cuts Would Make Streets Worse (LAT)
- Uber Coming to SF’s Market Street in “Coming Days” (Standard)
- Business Owner Battles VTA Over Land Seized for BART Extension (Merc-News)
- Even More on Irvine’s Great Park Planning (OC Register)
- R’s Push to End CA Vehicle Standards a Sign of State’s Clout (Examiner)
- R’s EV Fee Plan Charges EV Owners More Than Regular Car Owners Pay in Gas Taxes (Autoblog, WaPo)
- Walmart Building Network of EV Chargers. (Inc.)
- Long Beach Beach Streets This Saturday (Watchdog, Press-Telegram, Long Beach Post, Biking in L.A.)
- Why not pay people to commute by e-bike? (Momentum Mag)
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