Today’s Headlines

• 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