Today’s Headlines
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By
Joe Linton
7:35 AM PDT on May 12, 2015
- L.A. Times To Incoming Metro CEO Phil Washington: “Ride the Bus”
(Washington Clearly Already Rides Transit. Do LAT Opinion Writers?) - CityLab Looks Into L.A. Walkability Struggles
- Shocker: Turns Out L.A. Times Got High Speed Rail Fares Wrong (Twitter, CAHSR Blog)
- KPCC, Daily News, KTLA Profile Bike Week L.A.
- Rail Lines That Helped Shape Orange County (LAT)
- Metro Spending Many Thousands Of Dollars On Bike Initiatives (The Source)
- Google Acknowledges Its Self-Driving Cars Have Had “Accidents” (LAT)
- How Parking Requirements Crush Affordable Housing (CityLab)
- San Jose To Adopt Vision Zero, With Unspecified Timeline (SBSF)
- Dept of Labor Ruling Blocks Funds To CA Transit Agencies (SJ Mercury News)
- Swedish Study: Cycling 1/6 As Costly To Society, To Individuals (YouTube)
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