Today’s Headlines

8:51 AM PDT on June 19, 2017

Reinventing the wheel? Long Beach to consider new bike registration system (hint: Bike Index, folks!) (Press Telegraph)
Cycling may be the cure for workplace stress (Total Women Cycling)
The myth that separated bike lanes cause pollution is total bunk; here's why (Guardian)
Yet one more way automated cars pose a danger to bikes: Tesla doors have a mind of their own (Systemic Failure)
Cap-and-trade:
- Quick recap of recent cap-and-trade moves (LA Weekly)
- Supreme Court case: ARB responds to appeal on cap-and-trade (Law360)
- Wieckowski's bill (NCEL)
- CA Republicans argue in favor of extending cap-and-trade, because the alternative will take control away from industry (Mercury News)
- California's climate change fight is also about public health (Time)
Electric buses, built in California, can bring jobs, business to the state (LA Times)
Google to build a transit-focused campus that could transform San Jose (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, since her early days commuting by bike to UCLA long ago. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, and edited Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center. She also earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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