Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:49 AM PDT on October 12, 2015
- Police claim they can’t enforce a speed limit unless it’s raised first—because most people drive too fast there (Marin Independent Journal)
- Bicycle commuting is steadily increasing in U.S. (CityLab)
- Caltrain proposes fare hike (San Jose Mercury News)
- Despite complaints and protests (KFMB), SANDAG unanimously adopts Regional Transportation Plan (KUSI)
- Santa Ana celebrates its Active Transportation Program grants (Voice of OC)
- “Re:Imagine Garden Grove” imagines pedestrian-friendly future (OC Weekly)
- San Francisco talking about incorporating bicycling into school curriculum (ABC7)
- Reporter likes the new “bike bar” law (Sacramento Bee)
- DMV officials talk about regulating self-driving cars (Washington Post)
- Is job sprawl the defining issue of our time? (Itinerant Urbanist)
- Five ways engineers deflect criticism (Strong Towns)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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