Today’s Headlines

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

By Melanie Curry

8:34 AM PDT on October 20, 2015

San Francisco’s Market Street is about to get a raised bike lane (KQED) (ABC)
Oakland and Richmond to receive $15 million for bike and ped projects (East Bay Express)
New planning paradigms are hard to introduce in San Joaquin Valley (CityLab)
Mobility plan nudges LA towards new transportation modes (California Planning & Development Report)
Study: UCLA finds that air quality improves during CicLAvia (LAist)
The case of the worst-ranked rail station in California (Voice of San Diego)
Tech shuttles and a tourist area that has trouble recruiting employees because there’s little transit (Examiner)
Memo to cities: most bicycle riders aren’t urban hipsters (Urban Edge)
America’s car obsession won’t be diminished by millenials alone (The Transport Politic)
CA legislative Transportation Special Session tries again (Sacramento Bee)
There’s a new tool for estimating transit’s effect on VMT and emissions (State Smart Transportation Initiative)
Report: Wetlands in SF Bay need to be restored and protected against sea level rise (Oakland Tribune)
Oslo considers banning cars from city center (The Guardian)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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