Today’s Headlines

9:03 AM PDT on September 1, 2016

Some inspirational reading: Why L.A. residents don't drive (LAist)
Stockton to get its first green buffered bike lanes next year (Stockton City Limits)
Newport beach focuses back-to-school safety measures on bicyclist and pedestrian behavior—wait, what about car drivers? (LA Times)
State transportation funding agreement is haunted by gas tax swap (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Capitol roundup: last day of legislative session (Capital Public Radio)
Op-Ed: California continues leadership in environmental protection (East Bay 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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