Today’s Headlines
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9:18 AM PDT on May 15, 2015
- Some BTWD coverage: 100,000 biked in Bay Area (KRON) (ABC)
- WalkScore also scores cities on bikeability: Minneapolis (#1) beats out San Francisco (#2); Sacramento, Long Beach, Oakland, Santa Ana also in top 20. (Bicycle Retailer)
- Study ranks cities according to job access by walking: San Francisco is #2, L.A is #3 in nation (Transportationist)
- More about how drivers don’t pay costs of roads (City Observatory)
- AC Transit considers counterflow bus lane on Bay Bridge (SF Chronicle)
- Race, class, and transit infrastructure in Los Angeles (KCET)
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