Today’s Headlines

8:17 AM PST on March 9, 2017

An update on Davis, home to America's first bike lane (Outside)
CA transportation funding bill moves forward (LA Times)
Do toll roads hurt the poor? (Strong Towns)
Bay Bridge bike path still only open on weekends (SF Chronicle)
Surprise! BART's cute Oakland connector is losing money (SF Chronicle)
- But that was exactly what was expected (Systemic Failure)
Get kids riding transit, and they're more likely to be lifelong riders (Planetizen)
Orange County transit faces challenges (Voice of OC)
A clear-eyed take on the Caltrain/high speed rail funding snafu (Courthouse News Service)
Expired rule on federal environmental process could delay California projects (Sacramento Bee)
California needs to go big on housing (California Economic Summit)
Self-driving cars can't solve congestion, but economics can (NY Times)
Melbourne's pedestrian signal featuring a skirt wearer is causing a stir (Press Reader) (RGVproud)

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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