Today’s Headlines

• SoCal moves ahead with plans for a new freeway, despite state climate change goals, to “relieve anticipated [i.e. nonexistent] congestion” (LA Times)
• Meanwhile, rising seas are lapping at California shores faster than anticipated (CalMatters)
• Doing the math: what it really costs everyone when people drive cars (MetroNews)
• Bakersfield gets funding for bike/ped plan (Bakersfield.com)
• Watts gets grant to tackle environmental challenges (Next City)
• The case against sidewalks (Curbed)
• PPIC poll: Gas tax repeal, Prop 13 change may be in trouble (Fox and Hounds Daily)
• Price of gas is going up….but don’t blame new tax (Sacramento Bee)
• VW settlement could fund electric shuttles between Sacramento and Davis (Sacramento Bee)
• Cap-and-trade money benefits Central Valley agriculture industry (Visalia Times)
• Ride-hailing is deepening social and economic inequality (Vice)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF