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By Melanie Curry

8:41 AM PDT on August 12, 2015

Turlock planning commission approves Active Transportation Plan; city council to weigh in soon (Turlock Journal)
LA city council approves Mobility Plan 2035, a huge policy shift towards active transportation, transit, Vision Zero (Streetsblog) (LA Times) (Patch)
Can LA become the new Portland? (Oregon Live) Or should Portland learn from LA? (BikePortland)
CA cities and counties have suggestions for funding road repairs (LA Times)
Business, union groups back “reasonable” increases in gas and diesel sales taxes (Sacramento Business Journal)
CA transportation funding discussions should include regional governance issues (California Economic Summit)
New law allows BART to buy power from renewable sources (The Transit Wire)
What will “new” LA River look like? (LA Times)
More about new restrictions on cars on Market Street in SF (Planetizen)
Bill Fulton says cities have tons of data, now they need everyone’s help to make sense of it all (Urban Edge)
US cities are just afraid to make driving unappealing (CityLab)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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