Today’s Headlines

• Why it mattes that California hit its 2020 emissions targets early (Environmental Defense Fund)
• Stockton undermines its guidelines for a walkable downtown with drive-thru Starbucks (Stockton City Limits)
• Bike-share will help get commuters to, from SMART corridor in Sonoma, Marin (Marin Independent Journal)
• Pedestrian bridge at Warm Springs BART over budget, behind schedule, and very much needed (East Bay Times)
• Uber scales back its self-driving car project (CityLab)
• Does bike commuting affect your carbon footprint? [yes] (Streets.mn)
• Downtown L.A. to get double-decker electric buses (Trucks.com)
• CA communities get cap-and-trade funding to monitor local air quality (San Diego Union Tribune)
• State officials dispute findings of cap-and-trade study (Daily Republic)
• A cautionary tale from Ontario, Canada, where new premier is cancelling cap-and-trade, so:
  • No more money for bicycle infrastructure (CBC)
  • No more money for electric buses (CBC)
  • Government hints it might compensate (!??) companies that were subject to cap-and-trade (Briefing)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF