Today’s Headlines

8:26 AM PST on February 24, 2017

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

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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