Today’s Headlines

8:53 AM PST on January 7, 2019

California gets a new governor today. This is what he's facing (SF Chronicle)
- This is what he's promising (CALmatters)
Advocates sue Fresno for ignoring state land use/transportation policies (Fresno Bee)
Berkeley school board president and wife in critical condition after driver crashes into them while they were crossing a street (Berkeleyside)
Bay Area's low-income transit riders finally get discounts (SF Chronicle)
The aparkment building next to transit (Systemic Failure)
New ferry service launches in Bay Area: Richmond to SF (Mercury News)
Report recommends mileage-based fees for electric vehicles (Autoblog)
Caltrans says it is helping to "decarbonize" transportation (Lake County News)
- But continues to invest in highway expansions (Paso Robles Press)
Opportunity Zones: Current outlook (Curbed)

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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