Today’s Headlines

8:48 AM PDT on September 14, 2017

Sebastopol residents want lower speed limits, are stymied by state regulations (Press Democrat)
Temecula to form “lane expansion task force” to “solve congestion” (Press Enterprise)
Curbed LA maps coming Long Beach developments
Bill to raise Bay Area bridge tolls moves forward (Mercury News)
Caltrans meets its deadlines for spending money, gets $274.5 million from Feds as a reward (Central Valley Business Times)
Report: Investments needed in San Joaquin Valley communities to prepare them for high-speed rail (Mercury News)
Just-released federal guidelines on self-driving cars recommend states limit their regulatory role (SF Gate)
Politicians avoid talking about climate change in wake of hurricanes (Politico)

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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