Today’s Headlines

• Trees are a public health infrastructure (Fast Company)
• Santa Clara VTA to vote on distribution of bike/ped programming funds—which programs work? (Mercury News)
• Bill opens up possibility of new redwood park in Santa Cruz Mountains (Mercury News)
• Marin bicycle tunnel report brings out supporters, opponents (Marin Independent Journal)
• San Jose takes on Vision Zero (Mercury News)
• Bill creating rail authority to build light rail from Pleasanton BART to Tracy awaits Governor’s signature (Golden State Newspapers)
• Some see cronyism in hiring of High Desert Corridor project’s special projects coordinator (Victorville Daily Press)
• How I learned to love California high speed rail (Curbed)
• Municipal courts’ war on the poor (CityLab)
• General Motors says it will move away from fossil fuel vehicles (Wired)
• Cities oversell their bike friendliness (Planetizen)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF