Today’s Headlines

8:28 AM PST on November 26, 2018

Federal report: Climate change is real, and it is really bad (Guardian)
So far in California: Strong cap-and-trade results, falling emissions (EDF) (My Motherlode)
Sky Protectors get CARB to pause forest offsets, which can lead to displacement of indigenous people (IntercontinentalCry.org)
The “pink tax” on travel is real (Examiner)
CA bicycle license plate design released (Tribune)
Downtown Tehachapi getting a Master Plan (Tehachapi News)
Santa Barbara commits to 100% electric buses (NextGenTransportation News)
In a stretch, road diet blamed for evacuation catastrophe in Paradise (LA Times)
Central Valley Amtrak route not meeting ridership expectations (Fresno Bee)
Churches can be evangelists for bicycling (Forbes)
“...And the driver just didn't see him”: Media let cops rush to defend driver who hit bicyclist (ABC)
Drunk driver charged with manslaughter in death of (properly lit-up, helmeted) cyclist (Patch)

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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