Today’s Headlines

7:32 AM PDT on October 26, 2017

Angelenos are dying while motorists are fighting safe streets measures. Why is Mayor Garcetti so quiet? (LA Times)
De Young Museum opposes making Golden Gate Park car-free Saturdays year round (SF Examiner)
San Diego says it is ahead on reaching its climate goals (San Diego Union Tribune)
FHWA's proposal to end data collection on GHG emissions is a true horror story (NRDC)
Proposed ballot measure could expand access to rent control across CA (Curbed)
Eye candy: Cool 3-D crosswalks painted in Iceland (Bored Panda)

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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