Today’s Headlines

8:19 AM PDT on September 24, 2019

Here comes the two-punch: Trump threatens CA highway funding because of bad air quality (Sacramento Bee)
Jerry Brown announces joint China-California project to fight climate change (CALmatters)
Where the presidential candidates stand on transportation (Curbed)
Just switching to electric cars won't save us (CityLab)
Even in bike-friendly Portland, transportation emissions are rising (Bike Portland)
Stop pretending highways are the answer to everything (Jalopnik)
Startup will help cities manage scooter data (The Verge)

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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