Today’s Headlines

8:21 AM PDT on August 18, 2016

NASA: July was warmest on record; "unmistakable" human impact on climate (Boston Globe)
Sacramento's new parking regulations aren't popular with people used to free unlimited parking (Capital Public Radio)
Senate releases cap-and-trade spending plan (Streetsblog) (LA Times)(Sacramento Bee)
Lawmaker drops proposal for higher targets for electric cars (KPCC)
Why doesn't every city want Bus Rapid Transit? (City Metric)
Merced reaches tax-sharing agreement so UC campus can grow (Merced Sun Star)

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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