Today’s Headlines

8:19 AM PST on February 14, 2017

Today the transportation bill gets its first hearing, so there's some speculating:
- Can California lawmakers tackle road repairs with new supermajority? (KPCC)
- Differences between Democrat and Republican funding proposals, with a weirdly misleading headline (Sacramento Bee)
- We all pay, the longer Sacramento delays (Modesto Bee)
Senator Wiener introduces bill to make it easier to pass local transportation funding measures, with 55 percent of the vote rather than two-thirds (Patch) (SF Examiner)
Redlands transit projects on list for funding (Redlands Daily Facts)
LA Metro ridership is still dropping (LA Times)
Caltrans is developing a Bicycle Plan for the Bay Area; first step: take this survey (Safe Routes to School)
A list of current bad-idea bills—outside California—that aim to restrict bicycling (People for Bikes)
Oil industry fights to save cap-and-trade (EE News)
Report finds cap-and-trade likely has negative effects on disadvantaged communities (Sierra Sun Times)

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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