Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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)
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