Today’s Headlines

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)

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, since her early days commuting by bike to UCLA long ago. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, and edited Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center. She also earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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