Today’s Headlines

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)

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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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