Today’s Headlines

8:50 AM PDT on October 30, 2015

Bay Area regional transportation and housing planning agencies (MTC, ABAG) agree to explore merging (Contra Costa Times)
San Bernardino County to receive $10 million for active transportation projects (Inland Empire Community News)
More about Berkeley's “Green Affordable Housing” plan (Inside Bay Area)
High speed rail plan for Anaheim to LA switches to a “sealed corridor” (Whittier Daily News)
A primer on California's Climate Change Plan (CalMatters)
Upcoming workshops on General Plan guidelines revision (Safe Routes to Schools)
In Stockton, thieves make off with more than 100 parking meters (Sacramento Bee)
Why people don't ride transit in small cities (Atlantic)
How housing choices make adult friendships difficult (Vox)
Why do people hate cyclists? (Planetizen)
In Australia, a building manager tries to institute paid parking, time limits for bikes (ABC)

and now for some serious stuff:

Finally, a site that documents the war on cars (Building Safety Awareness)
Zombie Apocalypse Index ranks US cities on their ability to defend against zombie virus—L.A., Inland Empire don't rank high, but San Diego does (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin)

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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