Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:19 AM PDT on October 6, 2017
- Sacramento tests a protected bikeway (Getting Around Sac, Sacramento Bee)
- Why are we scaring kids away from walking to school? (TreeHugger)
- Authority plans better rail connection between Sacramento and the Central Valley (Sacramento Bee)
- Metrolink unveils “clean” diesel locomotives (SGVT)
- More on pedestrian countdown signal bill (Curbed, KQED)
- You don’t say, AAA? “Complex infotainment systems” putting driver’s lives at risk? (And what about everyone else on the road?) (LA Times)
- It’s not crazy to ban gas-powered cars in California (Sacramento Bee)
- It’s crazy to ban gas-powered cars in California (SF Examiner)
- CA Congressional Republicans throw down against gas tax, calling it a “bailout” but offering no alternative (LA Times)
- Big Sur bridge set to open on Highway 1 (US News)
- Reopening clean car standards is harmful, unjustified (NRDC)
- Singapore, bike-share companies outline agreement on bike parking; companies will adopt “geo-fencing” (ChannelNewsAsia)
- Governor Brown’s Rolling Stone interview
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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