Today’s Headlines

8:14 AM PDT on July 2, 2015

More Intercity Rail Capital Program grants: San Joaquin RTD gets money for BRT (Caravan News)
New joint powers authority will run San Joaquin, Pacific Surfliner trains in CA (Merced Sun Star) (Progressive Railroading)
Why is it so complicated for seniors and children to buy discount BART tickets? (Systemic Failure)
What makes a great bus driver? Winners of the International Bus Roadeo weigh in (CityLab)
How to document dangerous street crossings (Streetfilms)
The case against jaywalking laws (Planetizen)
Reasons to adopt a per-mile driving fee (CityLab)
How exclusionary zoning is playing out in Lucas Valley in Marin (Brookings)
The global legacy of the rails-to-trails movement (CityLab)

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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