Today’s Headlines

8:47 AM PDT on September 8, 2015

Excellent summaries of climate change and transportation issues in Sacramento this week (Vox) (Planetizen)
More on late negotiations on climate change bills (Contra Costa Times) (The Telegraph)
LA Times and SF Chronicle like Brown's transportation plan (LA Times) (SF Chronicle) and so does the League of California Cities (Sierra Sun Times)
But others are screaming about the proposed driver fee (Fox News) (Dispatch Times) (The Times)
The twisted method Caltrans uses to set speed limits (Sacramento Bee)
In DC, bike-share has reduced congestion—a little (Vox)
...and all the second graders there will learn to ride bikes this year (Bicycling)

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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