Today’s Headlines

8:23 AM PDT on August 9, 2016

Orange County approves almost $20 million for bike/ped improvements (OC Register)
L.A.'s Expo line needs more cars for its surging ridership (LA Times)
There really are late-night transit options in and out of San Francisco (SF Bay)
California climate change policies:
- Report: They are spurring development of clean tech industry (CALSTART)
- “Business-friendly Democrats” are a threat (Planetizen)
- Some Assemblymembers demand an audit of cap-and-trade (LA Times)
- Environmental justice takes a leading role (Inside Climate News)
- Businesses want California to set a 2030 climate target (Bloomberg)
- CARB goes ahead and proposes future GHG limits (Lexology)
How to talk about climate change without scaring off your conservative relatives (Ethan Elkind)
Time to panic! Sacramento to consider variable pricing on downtown parking (Sacramento Bee)
The next big fight over housing could be in your backyard (Washington Post)
Why poorer, less educated people are leaving California (KPCC)

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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