Today’s Headlines

• 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