Today’s Headlines

• More about new CA statewide bike and pedestrian plan (Safe Routes to Schools)
• How L.A. plans to lower its temperature (LA Times)
• Assemblymembers introduce bill to invest in climate change equitably (LA Times)
• The LA Times breaks down sides on the cap-and-trade debate in California
• First cap-and-trade auction strong amid growing legal certainty (Forbes)
• Why Caltrain electrification must move forward (Caltrain)
• Editorial: Representative Kevin McCarthy should support Caltrain electrification (Mercury News)
• S.F.’s Geary Blvd rapid transit, under attack from NIMBYs, has been on the table for a very very long time (SF Examiner)
• A tunnel for the 710 freeway would cost too much and solve nothing, says Assembly bill (KPCC)
• Yes: Ambulance by bike (South Coast Today)
• Don’t “balance” modes: Prioritize walking, biking, transit (Streetsblog Denver)
• Americans are driving less, sitting at home more (CityLab)
• World’s longest elevated bicycle highway opens in China (Mother Nature Network)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF