Today’s Headlines

8:12 AM PST on November 8, 2016

Here's where you can track votes on transit measures today (The Transport Politic)
This bike lane can save your life (Bloomberg)
In case you missed it: Safe Routes to School National Partnership founder Deb Hubsmith wins posthumous "Excellence in Motion" award (YouTube)
Density is at the center of San Diego climate fight (Next City)
HUD investigating Facebook practice allowing ethnic targeting on housing ads (ProPublica)
Researchers propose a tax credit for renters (City Observatory)

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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