Today’s Headlines

8:12 AM PDT on April 7, 2016

Cash is no longer king: S.F. Muni plans to charge extra for cash-paying riders (SF Gate)
Innovative carpooling helps ease Bay Area congestion (San Jose Mercury News)
Oakland okays temporary moratorium on rent increases (SF Gate)
BART gives a preview of its new cars (SF Chronicle)
We don't need self-driving cars (Guardian)
Why race matters when planning public parks (CityLab)
Wisdom from a walker (Bus Chick)
Why advocates oppose amended Tennessee bill banning gas tax money for bike facilities (Times Free Press)
In Mexico City, the harsh consequences of car-centric planning leads to ban on driving (Think Progress)

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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