Today’s Headlines
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8:46 AM PST on December 11, 2015
- Caltrans tests new crossing signal meant to bring driver’s attention to pedestrians who want to cross….with the light (YouTube)
- MTC rejects Sebastopol’s funding application for bike paths; city to rethink its planning process (Sonoma West)
- Reporter tries biking in L.A. and finds it doesn’t kill her (LA Times)
- Transportation (and health care) special legislative sessions fizzle out (LA Times)
- The hyperloop will never be superior to high speed rail (CityLab)
- Allowing bicyclists to treat stop signs as yields won’t lead to chaos—this debate is happening in D.C., not S.F. (Greater Greater Washington)
- Infrared camera shows extent of huge methane leak in Southern California (EDF)
- VW—Hoaxwagen–gets to investigate itself (Systemic Failure)
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