Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:25 AM PDT on July 30, 2015
- City of Cupertino will host a forum on alternative transportation next week (San Jose Mercury News)
- East Oakland residents march to demand equal treatment for street cleanup, maintenance (Inside Bay Area)
- Animated maps of Bay Area commutes: measuring the dispersal between work and home (CityMetric)
- Architecture critic says the widened 405 freeway is ugly (LA Times)
- Republicans propose cutting 3500 full-time Caltrans staff to save money; would replace them with contract workers, er, consultants (Sacramento Bee)
- What I learned as an Uber driver: it’s hard for people to get around (Washington Post)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
More from Streetsblog California
Thursday’s Headlines
Ok, the election dominates the headlines again. But for those just wanting the transportation news, at least I ran out of patriotic images of Ms. Marvel.
November 5, 2026
The California DMV’s Culture of Obstruction
California’s DMV is responsible for managing some of the biggest risks on the state’s roads, but researchers say a culture of secrecy and obstruction makes it nearly impossible for the public to access basic information about dangerous drivers and disabled parking placard fraud.
November 5, 2026
What It Will Take To Turn the ‘Blue Wave’ Into a Watershed Moment for Transportation Reform
Democrats won big at the ballot box in the midterms. Will they fight for multimodal travelers when they're in office?
November 4, 2026
Midterm Results: Big Wins for Transit, Walking, and Biking
Car dependency lost in races up and down the ballot on Tuesday.
November 4, 2026
Commentary: Advocates Should be Proud of What They’ve Accomplished
Now let's leverage the victories and demand more from the transit and street bureaucracies
November 4, 2026
