Today’s Headlines

8:03 AM PDT on May 1, 2018

California is gearing up for a fight over tailpipe emissions (NY Times)
Things to know about U.S. clean car standards (EDF)
Gas tax critics deliver signatures for repeal effort (KPCC)
CA distributes $2.6 billion for rail, transit work (Progressive Railroading)
Changes coming to Highway 50, Sacramento light rail (Sacramento Bee)
Bike San Gabriel Valley puts finishing touches on 5-year plan for safer walking, biking (San Gabriel Valley Tribune)
BART board approves plan for San Jose tunnel (SF Curbed)
Marin considers renewing half-cent transportation sales tax (Marin Independent Journal)
Calls for rent control surge (Mercury News)
To solve housing crisis—gotta build housing. A lot of it (SF Examiner)
Response to study about transportation costs for people who live near transit (Planetizen)
Meanwhile, U.S. Justice department is quietly editing its internal manual, deleting language on need for a free press (BuzzFeed)

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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