Today’s Headlines

8:32 AM PDT on March 21, 2019

Caltrans, local counties plan new 4-lane highway between Hollister and Gilroy to "ease strain" on commuting (San Benito)
Nevada County releases active transportation plan for comments (The Union)
Santa Rosa pedestrian fatality highlights bad street design (CBS Local)
Chinese electric buses are putting a dent in oil company profits (Bloomberg)
Sleeper issue for new mobility: Insurance (GreenBiz)
How "platooning" brings efficiency, safety to trucks (Wired)
Can Bay Area leadership help solve state housing crisis? (LA Times)
Sacramento building boom puts pressure on downtown streets (Sacramento Bee)

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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