Today’s Headlines

8:39 AM PDT on August 31, 2015

LA City Council agrees to partner with Metro on bike-share (The Source)
Morro Bay names bike lanes in honor of local bike advocate Red Davis (San Luis Obispo Tribune)
Jerk columnist admits personal bike incompetence and, jealous of everyone having fun on bikes, wishes they would crash and die (Marin Independent Journal)
How California can cut petroleum use in half by 2030 (without rationing, fines, or forcing families to push the car home) (NRDC)
Self-driving car confused by bicyclist doing a track stand (End Gadget)
Public transit should be Uber's new best friend (FiveThirtyEight)
Study: Is bicycling contagious? (Transportationist)

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, ever since commuting to school by bike long before bike lanes were a thing. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, editor of Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center, and earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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