Today’s Headlines

8:45 AM PDT on June 21, 2018

Gas tax repeal effort threatens billions in Bay Area transportation projects (Mercury News)
Feds propose stiff tariff on Chinese-manufactured e-bikes (Bicycle Retailer)
What's on the California ballot this November, so far (Sacramento Bee)
Pony Express Ride kicks off in Sacramento (Sacramento Bee)
SFMTA on the road to an all-electric fleet (SF Examiner)
California joins a multi-state zero emission vehicle plan (SCV News)
New LA transportation plan incorporates autonomous vehicles (AASHTO)
Six transit agencies—BART among them—to receive assistance for on-demand mobility projects (Smart Cities Dive)
New premier of Ontario promises to withdraw from cap-and-trade program, creating anxiety and uncertainty (Toronto City News)

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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