Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

By Melanie Curry

8:49 AM PDT on May 13, 2016

Coverage of Bay Area Bike to Work Day:
- Beautiful machine (UC Berkeley News)
- Oh, those crazy bicyclists, thinking anyone would want to ride a bike to work (Napa Valley Register)
- San Mateo launches bike share on Bike to Work Day (KQED)
- Bike counter activated on Valencia Street in S.F. (Mission Local)
- New bike lane opens in Berkeley (Berkeleyside)
- Officials pretend to care about bicycles on Bike to Work Day (SFist)
- You have to work hard to stand out on Bike to Work Day (SFGate)
- Strava declares its own Global Bike to Work Day on Tuesday; riders log 80,000 miles (Bicycle Retailer)
This bike alarm explodes (CityLab)
Transportation funding redux: Too many potholes, nobody wants to pay to fix them:
- Only 3 of top 20 critical projects funded in CA (CBS Local)
- Sacramento is “lagging”; considers local sales tax measure for transportation (KCRA)
- The problem is Republican legislators refuse to vote for raising gas taxes (LA Times)
- While some still refer to “pain at the pump” (Mass Transit)
Meanwhile, report points out that Amtrak is critical for CA economy (Business Journal)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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