Today’s Headlines

8:56 AM PST on March 8, 2018

Towards an active California: best practices for people-oriented cities (Western City)
New Caltrans leaders sworn in (OHS)
Youth's unprecedented suit accusing US government of endangering planet allowed to proceed (SF Chronicle)
Inland Empire leads state in job growth (SGC Tribune)
Roundup of bike projects in San Mateo County (SVBC)
SF to CA: we want demo of driverless vehicles before they hit city streets (SF Chronicle)
San Diego leaders lead the state on environmental justice (San Diego Free Press)
Judge blocks warehouse projects over environmental concerns (Coalition for Clean Air)
Palo Alto's move to preserve Eichlers betrays Eichler (Curbed)
Proposed housing in El Cerrito with ten affordable units runs up agains NIMBYs (Berkeleyside)

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, ever since commuting to school by bike long before bike lanes were a thing. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, editor of Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center, and earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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