Today’s Headlines

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

By Melanie Curry

9:13 AM PDT on October 13, 2015

Horrific: partially blind driver gets a misdemeanor for a hit-and-run killing (Systemic Failure)
Responding to bike improvement skeptics (Planetizen)
More on bill to reform parking minimums in affordable housing (see yesterday’s Streetsblog coverage) (CirculateSD)
S.F. buildings are getting more energy efficient (Urban Land Institute)
Someone finally quantified San Diego’s smart-growth failure (Voice of San Diego)
Alley infill: a new trend in housing? (Sacramento Business Journal)
Two publications ponder the efficacy of bike helmet laws (Guardian) (Wall Street Journal)
LA Metro CEO says transit agencies need to care about gentrification (LA Times)
Unapologetic gentrifiers in Philadelphia are politically active–about minor issues (PhillyMag)
The peril of hipster economics (Al Jazeera)
Salt Lake City wants to build housing in road medians (Gizmodo)
Are big college towns the key to the American dream? (Daily Beast)
Why are London cyclists so white, male, and middle class? (Guardian)
Study finds racial bias of drivers at crosswalks (University of Arizona News)
Five cities that are testing driverless public buses (Gizmodo)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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