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Today’s Headlines

8:29 AM PDT on September 6, 2017

    • A bill exempting public transportation from CEQA would also apply to Clipper Arena (LA Times)
    • Long Beach bike connection finally on its way (LongBeachize)
    • Top bills on environmental issues pending in California legislature (Natural Resources Defense Council)
    • In Bolivia, those car-free days lower pollution levels dramatically (Guardian)
    • In some US cities, car ownership rates are going down (Seattle Times)
    • Germany is having some fun with its pedestrian signals (WFLA)
    • The real lesson of Hurrican Harvey (Strong Towns)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry
@StreetsblogCal

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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