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)

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Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, since her early days commuting by bike to UCLA long ago. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, and edited Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center. She also earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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