Today’s Headlines

8:35 AM PDT on March 30, 2018

That's a proposed light rail line in the San Fernando Valley that just got some state funding (Progressive Railroading)
Federal EPA is out to loosen vehicle emissions rules--or is it fuel economy standards? (LA Times, NY Times, SF Chronicle)
- While California heads towards banning internal combustion engines (GreenBiz)
Americans don't think climate change will affect them (The Verge)
California steps up for environmental justice (High Country News)
Barricades blocked pedestrians from a plaza for eight years because of a sidewalk crack (LA Downtown News)
Credit union sues San Francisco for profiting from taxi medallion sales then letting their value die (Curbed)
Private companies want to take over public transportation—scratch that, they want to make money (The Guardian)
Congress wants to know why subway constructions costs so much (New York Times)
Why are self-driving cars aimed at the luxury market rather than transit? (Planetizen)

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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