Today’s Headlines

8:58 AM PDT on October 31, 2016

Report: Dependence on cars costs Californians $15B a year (KPBS)
The election could dramatically change the BART board (SFGate)
Pedestrian-shaming has to stop (Curbed)
Democrats eye post-election transportation session (Politico)
Annual report: Yup, streets are crumbling in CA (Sierra Sun Times)
- Including in Kern County (Bakersfield.com)
And in 26 states, $250 billion in local and regional transportation taxes are on ballot (Bond Buyer)
- And that includes transit (The American Prospect)
Caltrans “relinquishes” control of Hwy 187—Venice Blvd—to L.A. (My News LA)
Let's not abandon cap-and-trade now (Sacramento Bee)
Sixteen ideas for better intersection design (Wired)
Nah, hyperloop won't even work for freight, either (Pedestrian Observations)

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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