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9:02 AM PST on December 11, 2017

    • Maps: Where people bike in San Francisco (SFMTA)
    • Sacramento RT proposes testing student discounts in face of falling ridership (Sacramento Bee)
    • Caltrain study points out serious equity problems in fare structure (Green Caltrain)
    • Shasta Regional Transit survey asks where people want to go along corridor to Sacramento (Record Searchlight)
    • Pedestrian improvements coming to Palm Springs (Desert Sun)
    • An interview with Jerry Brown on climate change and what states can do (CBS)
    • Federal tax bill would make it harder to fund transportation projects (Marin Independent Journal)
    • Republicans hope the federal tax bill will cause a tax revolt in California (SF Chronicle)
    • Caltrans awards first grants from gas tax (Sierra Wave)
    • Large solar array will be built on a Kern County oil field (Green Tech Media)
    • EPA head questions Supreme Court finding that agency can regulate greenhouse gas emissions (Environmental Leader)
    • Taipei's animated pedestrian crossing signal is now a couple (Taipei Times)

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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