Today’s Headlines

• Ventura considering a sales tax hike for as-yet-undefined transportation projects (LA Times)
• San Jose affordable housing law may go to Supreme Court (San Jose Mercury News)
• At capacity during peak hours, BART increases length and number of trains (Daily Cal)
• High Speed Rail Authority holds workshops in Bay Area (CalWatchdog)
• Sharing economy divides CA Democratic lawmakers (CalMatters)
• Free transit experiment in Montana brings unexpected benefits (Mobility Lab)
• New ways of counting pedestrians could change city planning (Next City)
• What cities need to consider in anticipation of changing transportation trends (MobilityLab)
• Is Uber’s ultimate goal the privatization of local governance? (The Guardian)
• The “prisoner’s dilemma” of local-only planning (City Observatory)
• Photo gallery: before and after photos of better street designs (CityLab)
• A different story out of Syria: Damascus college students take to bicycles (Al-Fanar Media)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF