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Today’s Headlines

8:31 AM PST on January 11, 2021

    • In Shasta County, a pro-Trump crowd threatened officials with violence: "We have to make them scared again" (LA Times)
    • The "antler guy" is no climate activist (Heated)
    • San Diego is massively expanding its protected bike lanes, and they're not for cyclists who want to speed (San Diego Union Tribune)
    • The Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition is more than just a ride around the block (Lompoc Record)
    • Merced considers changes to downtown traffic flow to accommodate more on-street parking (Merced County Times)
    • Ukiah Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan to get an update (Willits News)
    • It's time to set more ambitious targets for zero emission trucks and buses (EDF)
    • US fleet average fuel economy is going the wrong way (CNET)

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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