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Today’s Headlines

7:51 AM PDT on June 20, 2016

    • Downtown L.A. gets bike signals (NBC) (Also see Streetsblog's coverage below)
    • How cap and trade could help San Bernardino households (San Bernardino Sun)
    • No, riding a bike shouldn't mean risking your life (Huffington Post)
    • Caltrans survey finds lots of drivers admit to irresponsible behaviors (San Gabriel Valley Tribune)
    • Smart bikes vs. driverless cars (BikeBiz)
    • Votes on dueling plans reveal what S.F. supervisors really believe about housing (Hoodline)
    • Section 8 changes could send more rent subsidies to wealthy neighborhoods (Planetizen)

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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