Today’s Headlines

8:25 AM PDT on April 13, 2017

Sacramento police department doesn't know what jaywalking is (Systemic Failure)
Draft “Plan Bay Area” aims for sustainable, inclusive future (Greenbelt Alliance)
Transit agencies rarely hire women, minority contractors, and that's a big problem (Washington Post)
Talk radio host threatens a recall campaign against Senator who voted for the transportation bill (Sacramento Bee)
What Ventura County will get from the transportation bill (Ventura County Star)
Op-ed: Governor Brown “gets things done” (Marin Independent Journal)
West Oakland residents sue Port for pollution (Grist)
Public transportation is the heart of future city mobility (Cities Today)
It's cycle time in Big Bear (Big Bear Grizzly)
You can trade your car for a ebike at this shop (Fast Company)
Bike to Work Day is coming to the Bay Area on May 11 (Yahoo)

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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