Today’s Headlines

8:29 AM PST on November 27, 2017

The U.S. has a much higher traffic fatality rate than anywhere else (New York Times)
L.A. drivers are killing pedestrians, and this needs to stop (LA Times)
Seven years after fatal crash, new stoplights are operating in Atherton (Almanac News)
Yes, it is dangerous to ride a bike in South Pasadena (Pasadena Star News)
A greenway in Chico gets state grant (News & Review)
Lincoln Blvd gets a bus-only lane (City of Santa Monica)
Red light cameras are worth a study (Californian)
Lyft gets green light to test self-driving cars in California (Digital Trends)
What would happen if gas tax were repealed? (KPCC)
More info on recent cap-and-trade auction (CBS)
Glaciers are melting faster than anticipated, which could drown every coastal city in the world (Grist)
Falling out of love with your city (Robert Weetman)

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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