Today's Headlines

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By Melanie Curry

8:50 AM PST on February 13, 2018

E-bikes are more than a replacement for bikes (Slate)
Bay Area leaders decry Trump infrastructure plan (Mercury News)
Sacramento’s streetcars threatened by Trump plan (Sacramento Bee)
Instead of cleaning up its act, Utah prepares to sue California over coal (Lompoc Record)
South Lake Tahoe is confused about raising transportation funds, tolls, congestion pricing (Tahoe Daily Tribune)
SF plans to sue California for sheltering Uber, Lyft (Curbed)
Proposed bridge toll hikes could benefit Napa County (Napa Valley Register)
Sacramento wraps light rail cars in art (Sacramento Bee)
Sacramento plans Vision Zero campaign; media focus on the lawn signs (Sacramento Bee)
Caltrain pedestrian underpass in Santa Clara wins a prize (Digital Journal)
El Paso considers international, cross-border bike-share (Fox)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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