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8:56 AM PST on January 2, 2019

Happy New Year and Welcome to 2019, all!

    • Mayor of San Jose injured when SUV driver right-hooks him (SF Chronicle)
    • Senator Scott Wiener named chair of state housing committee (Curbed)
    • Chula Vista is proud of its bicycling achievements (The Star News)
    • New York is jealous of California transit? (New York Times)
    • Fairfax approves plans for limited “upgrades” for pedestrian safety, so as not to lose grant money (Marin Independent Journal)
    • Humboldt Bay Trail recommended for state funding (North Coast Journal)
    • Paradise ignored warnings, had inadequate evacuation plans (LA Times)
    • First CA permit for carrying passengers in driverless cars awarded to Zoox (Bloomberg)
    • In Arizona, people are attacking autonomous vehicles (NY Times)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry
@StreetsblogCal

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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