Today’s Headlines

8:46 AM PST on December 11, 2015

Caltrans tests new crossing signal meant to bring driver's attention to pedestrians who want to cross....with the light (YouTube)
MTC rejects Sebastopol's funding application for bike paths; city to rethink its planning process (Sonoma West)
Reporter tries biking in L.A. and finds it doesn't kill her (LA Times)
Transportation (and health care) special legislative sessions fizzle out (LA Times)
The hyperloop will never be superior to high speed rail (CityLab)
Allowing bicyclists to treat stop signs as yields won't lead to chaos—this debate is happening in D.C., not S.F. (Greater Greater Washington)
Infrared camera shows extent of huge methane leak in Southern California (EDF)
VW—Hoaxwagen--gets to investigate itself (Systemic Failure)

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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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