Today’s Headlines

3:31 PM PDT on April 13, 2015

San Diego County rescinds Climate Action Plan after court rules in favor of Sierra Club suit (UT San Diego)
But sprawl still being planned there (UT San Diego)
California Republican Senators introduce state constitutional amendment on transportation taxes (Sierra Sun Times)
Ontario, Canada, to join the California-Quebec cap-and-trade program (EDF)
Caltrans accused of business as usual in Niles Canyon project (Contra Costa Times)
UCLA grades LA County on environmental performance: C+ (UCLA)
Three California projects win APA Planning Excellence Awards in Lake Tahoe, San Diego, and Santa Monica (American Planning Association)
 It's not exactly news, but BART gets awfully crowded sometimes (SFGate)
Bicyclist struck by two cars; news report says he was "obeying traffic laws” and doesn't mention helmets (ABC)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF.

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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