- Poll: Californians want better transportation, but don't think they should have to pay more for it (PPIC)
- Amador County asks bike riders and walkers a few questions (Ledger Dispatch)
- The battle for Caltrain electrification and why you should care, whoever and wherever you are (Wired)
- In Caltrain drama, nobody's a winner (CityLab)
- What that Caltrain corridor could be (SPUR)
- NPR's take on environmental justice advocates' opposition to cap-and-trade
- Cap-and-trade, cap-and-tax, cap-and-dividend: an economist's perspective on ways to lower greenhouse gas emissions (Scientific American)
- NYPD focuses Vision Zero efforts on the “scourge” of “wheelie-popping teens” (Village Voice)More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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