Today’s Headlines

8:46 AM PDT on May 17, 2019

Senate Appropriations chair Portantino holds back housing density bill S.B. 50 (LA Times)
CA needs to fix this problem, now (LA Times)
CA vs. Trump I: Feds renege on promises of money for CA high-speed rail (NY Times, Capital Public Radio, LA Times)
Mayor: Merced is stuck in the middle of that fight (Merced Sun Star)
CA vs. Trump II: Federal threat to loosen clean car standards could lead to "extreme" measures to meet federal air quality standards (NY Times)
California Low Carbon Fuel Standard has replaced more than 3 billion gallons of diesel with low-carbon fuels (Green Car Congress)
Despite sharp increase in electric cars, vehicle emissions keep rising (CALmatters)
An electric utility in Vermont is offering e-bike rebates to its customers (Bicycle Retailer)
A timeline of escalating tariffs affecting bikes (Bicycle Retailer)
Study: Nudging people to change behavior may lower support for larger, more effective policies to fight climate change (WITF)

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, since her early days commuting by bike to UCLA long ago. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, and edited Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center. She also earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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