Today’s Headlines

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By Melanie Curry

8:10 AM PDT on May 12, 2015

More Bike to Work Week coverage
- 20-second commercials from OCTA
- Shocker: a reporter tries commuting by bike, encounters other, normal people that do it all the time (ABC)
- Bike-share saves the day when the DC Metro fails (Laurie Moy)
- In the East Bay, where it all began (Bike East Bay)
- … and more (Daily News) (Contra Costa Times) (Levi Strauss)
Labor issue holding up federal grant money for transit agencies in California (San Jose Mercury News)
Federal administrators warn states that highway funding might end May 30 with transportation budget impasse (The Hill)
Caltrans report: billions more needed to maintain roads (Huffington Post)
Arcata recognized as a walk-friendly community (Times-Standard)
Sonoma County will attempt a general sales tax measure for road repair; bike and ped improvements could be included but wording is vague (Press Democrat)
BART holds online “town hall” the day after major delays, gets an earful (Contra Costa Times)
Eric Jaffe explains how the costs of parking raises rents (CityLab)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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