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By Melanie Curry

9:01 AM PST on November 16, 2017

New street configuration in Berkeley to help bikes, cars, and buses get along (Berkeleyside)
Ukiah gets a grant to build a pedestrian bridge (Ukiah Daily Journal)
New ownership could bring actual rail service to Redlands Santa Fe depot (Redlands Daily Facts)
Latinx lawmakers are changing the climate change conversation (Sacramento Bee)
Report: Cap-and-trade is not reducing emissions (IndyBay, Climate Wire)
- and it is harming communities (Color Lines)
- But LAO report complains of costs of green building mandate, calls cap-and-trade “more efficient” (Sacramento Bee)
A deeper dive into ruling that So Cal AQMD broke law by giving in to oil industry lobbyists (Daily Breeze)
Universities get their grades on bicycle friendly status:
- UC Davis still at the top
- Sac State gets silver
Nicest person on the planet gets his stolen bike back, hugs thief, raises money so others can replace their stolen bikes (Bicycling)
California’s housing policy is holding back its climate policy (Bloomberg)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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