Today’s Headlines

8:35 AM PST on November 7, 2018

See transportation-related election results at The Transport Politic
What it would really take to make all cars electric (Forbes)
SFMTA names a woman as head of Muni (SF Examiner)
Can a firefighter's death change a culture of distracted driving? (The OCR)
Fresno's ambitious plans for a high speed rail station (Fresno Bee)
Cities for women (The Naked City)
What if our urban trees die? (LA Magazine)
This commuter finds an e-bike cuts commute costs (ABC)
A smart city is an accessible city (The Atlantic)
And now: Scary-and spectacular--pedestrian bridges (ValueWalk)

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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