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Today’s Headlines

8:54 AM PST on December 5, 2017

    • A plan to ban cars altogether on Market Street moves forward (SF Examiner)
    • Linking land use and transportation policies to greenhouse gas emissions (Davis Vanguard)
    • LA's first major Measure M project breaks ground: Gold Line extension (Mass Transit)
    • More signs and paint did nothing for safety, so SFMTA plans to build boarding islands (SF Examiner)
    • San Diego hits an obstacle to allowing dockless bike-share (San Diego Union Tribune)
    • Tuolumne prioritizes transportation spending from SB 1 (My Mother Lode)
    • Interview with Assemblymember Ricardo Lara about environmental justice and health (Grist)
    • Seattle's chief traffic engineer is a quiet hero for livability (Seattle Times)
    • Federal tax bill cuts transportation funding (Transportation for America)
      • ... and will have “spiraling consequences” for California (LA Times)
      • ... and could kill affordable housing (CityLab)
    • The designer of Apple's Cupertino headquarters doesn't think it has any effect on nearby neighborhoods (Business Insider)
    • In-depth look at what's causing housing shortage in San Diego (San Diego Union Tribune)
    • Researchers used Google Street view to predict a precinct's voting habits—by car ownership (Journalists Resource)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, since her early days commuting by bike to UCLA long ago. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, and edited Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center. She also earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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