Today’s Headlines

8:41 AM PST on February 21, 2019

A focus on speed leads state DOTs to overspend and overbuild (Smart Growth America)
CEO of CA high-speed rail says the project is moving ahead (Curbed)
Negotiations on fuel economy standards break down (LA Times)
Sonoma County to develop two more segments of the California Coastal Trail (Press Democrat)
Progress on the Bay Trail (The Almanac)
Yay, skateboards (The Conversation)
CA legislators consider replacing sales tax with carbon tax (CA Public Radio)
Transit app wants to simplify transportation with information (The Verge)
How will driverless cars, ride-share, more options change the way we move? (BBC)
Silicon Valley Leadership Group CEO Carl Guardino reappointed to California Transportation Commission
Caltrans is hiring, a lot (CBS)

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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