Today’s Headlines

8:26 AM PDT on August 20, 2015

Deb Hubsmith, founder of Safe Routes to Schools and long-time bicycle advocate, passed away on Tuesday (Safe Routes to School) (Bike Portland) (Bicycle Retailer) (TransForm)
CA Senate grapples with transportation funding decisions (San Jose Mercury News)
While the governor stands down (Daily Journal) (Reuters)
Traffic has gotten worse, so add a lane to the Richmond Bridge; that should fix it (Marin Independent Journal)
SF police captain, backing off bicyclist crackdown, invites public to join him on a community bike ride at noon today (Examiner)
Caltrans is asking permission to blow up part of the old Bay Bridge (Oakland Tribune)

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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