Today’s Headlines

8:23 AM PDT on March 29, 2016

Early high speed rail construction changes have people freaking out about cost overruns (LA Times)
Sacramento ponders sales tax for transportation, releases potential project list (Sacramento Bee)
Yet another study shows link between driving to work, obesity (Cyclelicious)
ICYMI: Entitlement: the most dangerous kind of distracted driving (Macleans Magazine)
“Experts” are having a hard time predicting how quickly renewable energy is expanding—and that's a problem (Vox)
Why cities keep expanding highways, even though that doesn't solve congestion (CityLab)
Caltrans, FHWA create “Innovation Council” for transportation (Equipment World)
Mapping the country's affordable housing deficit (CityLab)
Have we reached “peak Millennial”? Nah (City Commentary)

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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