Today’s Headlines

8:46 AM PDT on August 4, 2016

Atherton has repeatedly asked for safer crossings on El Camino Real: A timeline (Almanac News)
Lodi clears out homeless camps (Lodi News)
Book review: Low-income communities don't get an equal share of bicycle infrastructure (UCR Today)
Funding multimodalism is necessary for equitable and efficient transportation (Planetizen)
Redfin puts a dollar figure on walkability (GeekWire)
California climate change policies:
- Big oil renews efforts to kill cap and trade (Desmog)
- Bill to extend GHG targets is in jeopardy (Capital Public Radio)
- Legislators might ditch emission reduction plan (CALmatters)
- When it comes to climate change policies, Governor Jerry Brown has nothing to brag about (Food and Water Watch)
The urban politics of parkour (The Conversation)
The future is coming on a bicycle and it's sporting blue hair (Forbes)

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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