Today’s Headlines

• LA Times bad-mouths the High Speed Rail Authority for defending itself against Republican congressmembers who lied about Caltrain
  • and zeroes in on a passing comment on cap-and-trade's effect on gas prices (not as big as seasonal volatility in the industry itself) (L.A. Times)
• Cap-and-trade provides $1.4 billion for projects (Climate Wire)  Also see Streetsblog coverage
• Ford CEO says clean fuel standards would "cost a million jobs"--but put that in context (Systemic Failure)
• Long Beach needs a “pedestrian safety czar” like Oakland's (LongBeachize)
• S.F. passes stiff regulations on bike-share (SF Examiner)
• Multiple crashes, two dead children bring “traffic improvements” to Mojave crossing: another stop sign (Daily Press)
• Texas tries glow-in-the-dark bike lanes (Washington Post)
• Alaska town has trouble with the idea of promoting bike-friendliness (KHNS)
• Trump budget is bad news for California... and every other state (LA Times)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF