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Today’s Headlines

8:36 AM PDT on March 22, 2016

    • California Transportation Commission approves $170 million for projects around state (Progressive Railroading)
    • Orange County Transportation Authority issues call for active transportation projects (OC Register)
    • Contra Costa Times accuses BART of faking service slowdown to create support for a ballot initiative (Contra Costa Times)
    • A look at transit-oriented districts in California (Global Transit)
    • Rise in bicycling not accompanied by rise in enforcement against drivers who hit bikes (AP)
    • Hawaii struggles to build light rail (NY Times)

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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