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

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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