Today’s Headlines

8:58 AM PDT on May 25, 2016

City of Sacramento considers closing Green Line light rail (Sacramento Bee)
Feds congratulate San Bernardino on widening freeway interchange to “relieve congestion”; but how soon will people be complaining again? (Fast Lane)
Today is the last day to register for Peds Count! Summit in Long Beach June 6-7 (PedsCount)
San Francisco’s bid for Smart City grant includes self-driving cars and buses (CurbedSF)
CA, Oregon lead the way in testing road user charge (Governing)
Suggested strategies for a national transit association reboot (Transit Center)
SF mayor creates a new position: “fix-it” director (SFGate)
Governor Brown's plan to streamline CEQA for affordable housing meets resistance (LA Times)

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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