Today’s Headlines

8:15 AM PDT on September 12, 2018

Coachella Valley's pedestrian death rate on track to be third highest this decade (Desert Sun)
Global climate action, meet the bike industry—now work together (Green Biz)
Forbes still trying to push the idea that nuclear energy is clean energy
Vote for your fave California transportation project (Action News Now)
Climate investments support jobs in California (Capitol Weekly)
Caltrans unveils 2018 State Rail Plan (SCV 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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