Today’s Headlines

• 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