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9:18 AM PDT on September 30, 2015

    • Governor Brown vetoes HOT bill, says leave LA's carpool lanes as is (Sacramento Bee)
    • Marin is chomping at the bit for a new vehicle lane across the Richmond Bridge, believing it will ease traffic (Marin Independent Journal)
    • Kern County set to receive $5.7 million for bicycle and pedestrian projects (Bakersfield Now)
    • USC ends transit pass program--to make money on parking? (Lisa Schweitzer)
    • Bay Area's two regional planning organizations, MTC and ABAG, are sparring, not uniting (California Planning and Development Report)
    • California poised to pass sensible parking reforms for affordable transit-oriented housing (Ethan Elkind)
    • SF Mayor proposes affordable housing policy (SF Chronicle)
    • Nevada-California high speed rail is already missing deadlines (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
    • Grand Rapids, MI passes local safe-passing-distance law (drivers must slow down and give five feet of space when passing bikes) (Michigan Public Radio)
    • Study: lower crime rates can lead to less driving (Plan Philly)
    • Report: electric cars could make a big difference for climate change (San Gabriel Valley Tribune)
    • Before and after videos of car-free day in Paris (TakePart)
    • Paris' day without cars draws attention to urban health issues (Scientific American)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, since her early days commuting by bike to UCLA long ago. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, and edited Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center. She also earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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