Today’s Headlines

8:37 AM PDT on August 14, 2015

More on SF Supervisor's proposal to allow “Idaho stops” in San Francisco (SF Examiner)
At volatile meeting, SFPD Captain says he will back off crackdown on bicyclists (SF Examiner)
San Diego passes up a chance to show leadership on transit (San Diego Source)
Sacramento's regional plan would reduce sprawl, but local plans won't (Climate Plan)
Scientists link extreme heat in Central Valley to greenhouse gas emissions (Valley Public Radio)
What Californians think about climate change policies (PPIC)
Rush Limbaugh incoherently rambles on about his hate for bikes, LA's new Mobility Plan, and climate change policies (Rush Limbaugh Daily)
Black design matters (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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