Today’s Headlines

9:15 AM PST on January 8, 2018

Think biking with kids is reckless? You're brainwashed (Outside Online)
How would Jesus drive? Honor those who “who move in traffic with good sense and prudence” says Pope. Amen! (New York Times)
Marin judge dismisses road rage incident after anger management class (Marin Independent Journal)
Gas tax brings street repairs to Needles (Mohave Daily News)
Ballot initiatives CA voters will need to be informed about (Capital Public Radio)
Those bright bikes just keep getting stolen from the Google campus (9to5Google)
- So Google hired a bunch of people to retrieve them (SF Gate)
Cities have lots of ways to achieve density (Strong Towns)
Building near freeways is unhealthy, so L.A. should dismantle them (LA Curbed)
San Francisco had lowest number of traffic deaths since 1915 (SF Curbed)
Scientists are finding out where all that methane is coming from (Los Angeles Daily News)
Electric trucks could disrupt the industry, save billions (Environmental Defense Fund)
Richmond residents want to own their careers—featuring Rich City Rides (Richmond Confidential)

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, 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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