Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
9:10 AM PDT on May 22, 2017
- Pondering Bike to Work Day (Restless Urbanist)
- Caltrans News flash: Director Malcolm Dougherty on what Caltrans is doing for bikes
- We aren’t lazy. So why aren’t more of us biking to work? (SLO Tribune)
- Nevada County puts out draft Regional Transportation Plan (YubaNet.com)
- Lake Tahoe bike trails getting spring makeover (Tahoe Daily Tribune)
- New Yucca Loma bridge opens to people—and pets—before cars (VV Daily Press)
- …but the bridge worries Apple Valley residents, as it will bring in more traffic (VVDaily Press)
- Is Open Streets a glimpse into Watsonville’s bike-friendly future? (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
- Sacramento Bee feels the need to explain its Sunday Streets event
- Does cap-and-trade need a 2/3 vote? (LA Times)
- Yup, says Guv (LA Times)
- Asm Melendez’s claim that SB1 “diverts” transportation money is wrong (Politifact)
- Self-driving cars will make—er, are making—congestion worse (Vox)
- Those ceramic dots marking freeway lane lines are going to be phased out (OC Register)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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