Today’s Headlines

9:18 AM PST on January 30, 2017

More about California's economy growing under climate change policies (Fox&Hounds)
Still building freeways in CA: Plans for Modesto highway bypass raise questions among residents (Modesto Bee)
Elon Musk's tunnel could make L.A.'s traffic worse (Transportist)
In Minnesota, one lawmaker thinks bicyclists should be required to train and obtain a permit to use bike lanes (Star Tribune) (Twin Cities Pioneer Press)
Another approach to autonomous vehicles: Slow and steady (The Mercury News)
No, sanctuary cities are not hotbeds of crime (Washington Post)
Open data matters, now more than ever (Next City)
Federal court rules against gerrymandering (The Nation)
Bye-bye bike racing? It's way too easy to cheat (CBS News)

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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