Today’s Headlines
- Novato plans a "Gateway" bus station—with less capacity than the existing one (Marin Independent Journal)
- Cyclists call for safety campaign on Mount Diablo (Contra Costa Times)
- Sacramento's light rail system is fighting perception—by people who don't ride it—that it is dirty, unsafe (Sacramento Bee)
- The history of bike-share in a cute infographic (see image at right) (CityLab)
- Sacramento Bee's take on transportation funding talks (Sacramento Bee)
- Traffic deaths are rising dramatically (AP)
- Wrong: "A downtown can't prosper if its people can't park their cars." (Sacramento Bee)
- Podcast: how oil producers are reacting to changes in low carbon fuel standards (Platts)
- Learn the lingo: a glossary of capitol insider terms (Sacramento Bee)
- Thailand's celebration sets a bike parade world record (Bangkok Post)
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