Today’s Headlines

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

By Melanie Curry

8:31 AM PDT on October 9, 2015

Highlights from Walk to School Day, SoCal version (Safe Routes to Schools)
Brown signs bill prohibiting tolls on bikes and pedestrians on state bridges (See Streetsblog coverage) (Marin Independent Journal)
- and one modernizing electric bike regulations (Bicycle Retailer)
What a transportation sales tax in L.A. could buy (LA Times)
San Diego’s transportation plan should put transit first (San Diego Union-Tribune)
California’s new climate change law encourages utilities to compete against oil (US News & World Report)
A glossary for California climate change efforts (LA Times)
Long time Big Blue Bus director Hutchison dies (Santa Monica Daily Press)
The benefits of Transit Oriented Development (National Housing Conference)
Who should pay for transportation infrastructure? (New Geography)
This is what happens when you keep expanding highways: a 45-lane traffic jam (The Awesomer)
Twenty-seven patterns that make up the world’s cities (Washington Post)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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