Today’s Headlines

8:49 AM PDT on October 12, 2015

Police claim they can't enforce a speed limit unless it's raised first—because most people drive too fast there (Marin Independent Journal)
Bicycle commuting is steadily increasing in U.S. (CityLab)
Caltrain proposes fare hike (San Jose Mercury News)
Despite complaints and protests (KFMB), SANDAG unanimously adopts Regional Transportation Plan (KUSI)
Santa Ana celebrates its Active Transportation Program grants (Voice of OC)
“Re:Imagine Garden Grove” imagines pedestrian-friendly future (OC Weekly)
San Francisco talking about incorporating bicycling into school curriculum (ABC7)
Reporter likes the new “bike bar” law (Sacramento Bee)
DMV officials talk about regulating self-driving cars (Washington Post)
Is job sprawl the defining issue of our time? (Itinerant Urbanist)
Five ways engineers deflect criticism (Strong Towns)

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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