Today’s Headlines

8:52 AM PDT on September 13, 2016

How to write an anti-bike rant (it's easy!) (Treehugger)
S.F. lost the Smart City challenge, but will continue partnership with UC Berkeley on transportation improvements (Daily Cal)
It's time to make L.A. walkable (LA Times)
Santa Cruz releases update for zoning changes along main corridors (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
Local sales tax measures hope to raise much-needed transportation money (Mercury News)
Good state leadership brought historic clean air measures (Capitol Weekly)
Is Uber helping—or killing—transit? (Slate)
Sonoma County will offer incentives to switch to electric vehicles (Press Democrat)
Why Governor Brown's housing proposal failed (LA 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, since her early days commuting by bike to UCLA long ago. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, and edited Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center. She also earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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