Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

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By Melanie Curry

8:12 AM PDT on September 17, 2018

Cycling is the key to safer, healthier, more vital cities (CityLab)
How a transportation safety net could help prevent homelessness (CALmatters)
Why kids aren’t walking to school (Long Beach Post)
The big commitments from the Global Climate Action Summit (GreenBiz)
Brown signs green-vehicle laws (Courthouse News)
…including one that will regulate emissions from ride-hail companies (Green Car Congress)
Is cap-and-trade an effective emissions-fighting tool or a license to pollute? (Truthout)
Lyft app update will show scooters as well as nearby vehicles (Curbed)
The best U.S. cities for biking (People for Bikes)
SCAG executive director will move to SANDAG (San Diego Union Tribune)
Sebastopol gets new bike lanes (Sonoma West)
San Jose gets parking protected bike lanes, car drivers get confused (CBS)
Nevada County seeks input on bike and pedestrian improvements (The Union)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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