Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:10 AM PDT on May 12, 2015
- More Bike to Work Week coverage
- 20-second commercials from OCTA
- Shocker: a reporter tries commuting by bike, encounters other, normal people that do it all the time (ABC)
- Bike-share saves the day when the DC Metro fails (Laurie Moy)
- In the East Bay, where it all began (Bike East Bay)
- … and more (Daily News) (Contra Costa Times) (Levi Strauss)
- Labor issue holding up federal grant money for transit agencies in California (San Jose Mercury News)
- Federal administrators warn states that highway funding might end May 30 with transportation budget impasse (The Hill)
- Caltrans report: billions more needed to maintain roads (Huffington Post)
- Arcata recognized as a walk-friendly community (Times-Standard)
- Sonoma County will attempt a general sales tax measure for road repair; bike and ped improvements could be included but wording is vague (Press Democrat)
- BART holds online “town hall” the day after major delays, gets an earful (Contra Costa Times)
- Eric Jaffe explains how the costs of parking raises rents (CityLab)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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