Today’s Headlines

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<li>More protected bike lanes approved in SF (<a href=”http://www.sfbike.org/news/protected-bike-lanes-in-soma-approved/” target=”_blank”>SFBC</a>)</li>
<li>Hearst just north of UC Berkeley to get street makeover (<a href=”http://www.dailycal.org/2016/11/17/hearst-avenue-improvement-project-to-begin-in-coming-weeks/” target=”_blank”>Daily Californian</a>)</li>
<li>Street realignments in San Jose could improve pedestrian conditions (<a href=”http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/11/17/realignment-of-meridian-and-fruitdale-intersection-proposed/” target=”_blank”>Mercury News</a>)</li>
<li>Mountain View will “study” bike share (<a href=”https://bikesiliconvalley.org/2016/11/mountain-view-votes-for-bike-share-study/” target=”_blank”>Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition</a>)</li>
<li>L.A. voters are sick of traffic (<a href=”http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-metro-tax-vote-20161117-story.html” target=”_blank”>LA Times</a>)</li>
<li>BP pays settlement for violating standards on underground storage tanks (<a href=”http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/11/17/bp-to-pay-14-million-in-settlement-over-gas-storage-tanks/” target=”_blank”>Mercury News</a>)</li>
<li>It takes more than a bike lane to get people on bikes (<a href=”http://bikestylespokane.com/2016/11/19/personal-privilege-and-biking-it-takes-more-than-a-bike-lane-to-start-riding-2016-update/” target=”_blank”>BikeStyle</a>)</li>
<li>In Sydney, Australia, heavy-handed laws and stiff fines are cutting back cycling rates (<a href=”http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/heavy-fines-and-stalled-bike-paths-blamed-for-drop-in-sydney-cycling-rates-20161118-gssg8b.html” target=”_blank”>Sydney Morning Herald</a>)</li>
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More California headlines at <a href=”http://la.streetsblog.org/2016/11/19/todays-headlines-2103/” target=”_blank”>Streetsblog LA</a> and <a href=”http://sf.streetsblog.org/2016/11/19/todays-headlines-1920/” target=”_blank”>Streetsblog SF</a>

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