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8:33 AM PDT on September 29, 2017

    • Business, labor leaders warn Republicans reps not to back gas tax repeal—suggesting instead that they use it to cudgel Dem opponents (Sacramento Bee)
    • Repealing gas tax would be a mistake (OC Register)
    • Notion to ban gas car sales in California gains momentum (Sacramento Bee)
    • Palo Alto has some success in reducing solo driving and increasing transit use, and steps up its game (Mercury News)
    • Menlo Park wants new freeway lanes for buses--to keep them off local streets (Mercury News)
    • Contra Costa BART stations to be revamped, including wider bike paths (East Bay Times)
    • In Gilroy, pedestrian safety detail tickets lots of drivers not paying attention (Gilroy Dispatch)
    • San Francisco considers overhauling, limiting residential parking permits (SF Examiner)
    • Sky-high housing costs make California the poorest state (CalMatters)
    • After earthquake in Mexico, parks and bicycles—and bus-only lanes—are a lifeline (CityLab)
    • Way to do your job, Mr. Pruitt: U.S. EPA threatens to cut funding for Justice Department environmental work (NY Times)
    • Why this environmental journalist never writes about overpopulation (Vox)
    • “Snob zoning” is just another name for racial discrimination (Washington Post)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

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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