Today’s Headlines

8:06 AM PDT on August 28, 2018

Almost here: MyFig (LA Magazine)
This can't wait for long-term planning: cities connect an interim bikeway on Peninsula (Palo Alto Online)
BART gets federal grant for police patrols, security cameras, radio communications
The differences between roundabouts and traffic circles are not trivial (Getting Around Sac)
Turns out there's a lot of latent demand for scooters (Vox)
Your city may not be changing as fast as you think it is (Strong Towns)
Democratic candidates challenging Republican incumbents oppose the gas tax (Sacramento Bee, LA Times)
At least one poll says the gas tax repeal is failing (Probolsky Research)
Tejon Ranch want$ to build a brand new city at the far reaches of everything (LA Times)
Neighborhoods need more than parks and bike lanes (Inverse)
Who speaks up about housing development (RouteFifty)

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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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