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Today’s Headlines

8:54 AM PDT on June 21, 2019

    • Trump EPA chief writes to Republican lawmakers--not Congress--accusing CARB chair Mary Nichols of lying about clean car rule negotiations (Sacramento Bee)
      • But former EPA staffer says EPA chief is the one lying (The Hill)
      • And the feds are the ones unwilling to negotiate (Route Fifty)
    • La Verne forms an Active Transportation Committee (Bike La Verne)
    • BART is promised $300m by feds for transbay tube work (SF Chronicle)
    • La Verne residents oppose road widening planned near new light rail (Daily Bulletin)
    • California to let two Chinese companies bring "robotaxis" to the state (Tech Crunch)
    • To save Oregon from the horrors of cap-and-trade, Republican reps run away (Intelligencer)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry
@StreetsblogCal

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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