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Today’s Headlines

9:10 AM PST on November 9, 2015

    • Caltrans orders diesel-electric locomotives for Amtrak Pacific Surfliner route, to be built in Sacramento (Mass Transit)
    • Reporter discovers the joys of riding a bike in L.A. (LA Times)
    • Bakersfield discusses new high speed rail alignment (GovTech)
    • More about rising costs of high speed rail (Vice News)
    • Oakland plans another parking garage on public land (East Bay Express)
    • What the new federal highway bill means for California (LA Times)
    • Testing devices that would help replace gas taxes with a mileage fee (Government Technology)
    • Chart: growth of bike share systems globally (Transportationist)
    • Masked superhero wrestles for pedestrian safety in Mexico City (The Guardian)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry
@StreetsblogCal

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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