Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:52 AM PDT on June 23, 2016

- California’s cap-and-trade program is working (LA Times)
- And that last auction does not signify its collapse (Sacramento Bee)
- Last-minute bill would let HSR money go towards electrification of Caltrain, as originally planned (Sacramento Bee)
- Latest work on HSR: The Fresno trench (High Speed Rail Authority)
- Would LA’s sales tax measure ease traffic? (KPCC)
- San Francisco lost the “Smart City” grant (SF Examiner)
- UC Berkeley study finds spending on public health has very high return on investment (Daily Californian)
- Study: Too many Californians are driving while on the phone (Action News Now)
- See Jane Go: Female-only ride-share service to launch in Orange County (LAist)
- Tonight: BART board gets update on bike plan progress (BART)
- After Uber and Lyft left Austin, no biggie (CityLab)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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