Today’s Headlines

8:40 AM PST on March 6, 2017

Mainstream media gets wind of proposed “California roll” law (LA Times) (KTVU) (SF Gate)
- and adds a clickbait headline (Daily Mail)
Rural California city concludes it has “no unmet transit needs” because unmet transit needs are unreasonable (Gridley Herald)
Proposed S.F. ordinance aims to fight bike chop shops (Hoodline)
Surprise! Central Valley Republicans don't believe in high speed rail (ABC News)
- And they are pushing a transportation funding plan focused on roads and not raising taxes (Valley Center)
- But people need to pay for what they use, including roads: L.A. needs tolls (LA Times)
Opinion: Cap-and-trade isn't working, so fix it! Somebody figure it out (San Diego Union Tribune)
Uber gives in, will apply for self-driving car permits (Mercury News)

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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