Today’s Headlines

8:45 AM PST on January 31, 2017

California's transportation funding package must prioritize public transit (Sacramento Bee)
Republican reps want money from repatriated taxes to pay for paving California roads (OC Breeze)
An ode to the 120 bypass in Manteca (Manteca Bulletin)
Helmets work. Helmet laws don't (Metro)
This tiny town has a high walking commute share—but few stores, services to walk to (Napa Valley Register)
Uber pays the price for scabbing during airport protests (East Bay Times)
Sacramento asks marijuana businesses to pony up for neighborhood improvement (Sacramento Bee)

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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