Today’s Headlines

9:41 AM PST on December 28, 2015

Experts say CHP failed to properly investigate crash that killed bicycle rider (Sacramento Bee)
New year brings new CA laws on driving (San Jose Mercury News)
CA still working on that transportation infrastructure funding problem (Capitol Weekly)
To stop pedestrian deaths, NY must change how it builds streets (CityLab)
States tweak the gas tax to avoid losing money (Governing)
Shrinking CTC budget means no state funding for Castroville pedestrian path (Monterey County Now)
Caltrans plans to widen freeway (Sacramento Bee)
Bologna, Italy, finds a way to connect civic pride with action (CityLab)

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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