Today’s Headlines

9:23 AM PST on November 17, 2015

Transportation sales tax measures floated in Sacramento, Placer counties—for highway expansion (Sacramento Bee)
Study finds high ridership on Expo line hasn't brought congestion relief to nearby freeway (KPCC)
A kinder, gentler legislature in California? (SF Chronicle)
MTC, ABAG discuss merger as cities look on (Independent)
Fate of “Google buses” to be decided by transit board (Examiner)
Google antsy as state goes slow on self-driving rules (SF Gate)
New California data on ride services shows rise in collisions (KQED)
HSR money should not go to roads (CityLab)
Youth groups sue L.A. for not addressing toxic oil wells in their neighborhoods (Grist)

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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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