Today’s Headlines

8:20 AM PST on February 22, 2019

Trump administration gives Koch industries what it asked for in clean car negotiations (DeSmog)
- Talks on fuel economy standards are over (LA Times)
Sen. Moorlach, explaining his no-speed-limit bill, says he has no data backing assertions on safety, GHGs (Road and Track)
California drivers couldn't handle no-speed-limit highways (Fresno Bee)
Consumer Reports weighs in on how to make the world safer for pedestrians
Maybe by tearing down the freeway? (Sacramento News & Review)
Central Valley city of Gustine didn't get a federal grant for a bike path; then it did, and now has to figure out how to move forward (Westside Connect)
San Francisco needs a lot more bike racks, says SFBC (Curbed, SF Examiner)
NYPD's anti-bike crusade (Outside Online)
You can get a ticket for walking in the roadway, even when sidewalks are too dangerous (MTL Blog)
Snow!!! (LA Times)

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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