Today’s Headlines
- MTC seeks nominations for Bay Area transportation awards (Half Moon Bay Review)
- SMART still studying Larkspur alignments (Marin Independent Journal)
- S.F.’s plans for travel during Super Bowl: all you need to know (SFMTA)
- Coverage of the Governor’s State of the State address (LA Times)
- Whose job is parking reform? (LA Times)
- It’s not just VW: most car manufacturers lie about emissions tests (BBC)
- The history of bicycling, brought to you by Big Tobacco (Momentum Magazine)
- Video: Car dealer blocks bike lane (YouTube)
- Social stratification in urban transit (Itinerant Urbanist)
- The nature of graffiti (Nature of Cities)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
Speaking of smoking + bikes, though I abhor secondhand cigarette smoke I incidentally find the relative prevalence of people smoking + biking in a place to be indicative of biking as a way to get around, not necessarily for recreational purposes:
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Just like everyday clothes vs. lycra or upright vs. hunched-down it’s yet another signal of utilitarian biking. Though just like when I’m stuck behind someone smoking while walking I’ll definitely do a “smoker pass” on bike to get past it :p