Today’s Headlines

8:16 AM PDT on August 20, 2018

Sacramento officer uses patrol vehicle to ram fleeing 16-year-old stopped for no bike light (ABC7)
Monterey County transit sees increase in ridership; repeal of gas tax threatens those gains (The Californian)
Science says: Biking is best (Bicycling)
Let the people walk to Dodger Stadium (Bloomberg)
Everything ends up on the sidewalk (CityLab)
Environment is top concern for Californian voters; how that could play our for Republicans (Courthouse News)
CA bill would aim energy sector towards 100% renewable sources (Grist)
Among CTC allocations: $71.5m for truck lanes in Riverside County (Press-Enterprise)
Mexico City commits to reducing traffic fatalities (Vision Zero Network)

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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