Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:40 AM PDT on May 16, 2017
- Contra Costa transit agencies offer discount summer youth passes (East Bay Times)
- Get ready to party: Sacramento will close Broadway to car traffic on Sunday (Sacramento Bee)
- Car drivers kill a cyclist every month in Orange County (OC Register)
- Study: Physical separation of cyclists from car traffic is “crucial” for reducing crashes (Cycling Industry)
- A look at proposed cap-and-trade overhaul (Planetizen)
- Feinstein pledges to oppose all federal transportation nominees over Caltrain funding (The Hill, LA Times)
- CA Chamber of Commerce joins appeal against cap-and-trade (LA Times)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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