Today’s Headlines

• Illegal parking is a plague on Oakland's buffered bike lanes (GJEL Blog)
• Before (high-speed rail) pictures of Fresno (Stop and Move)
• Bay Area transit payment Clipper Card expands in Sonoma County (KRON)
• Video: Why BART can't run 24/7 (CityLab)
• Ten states—even maybe California—could raise gas tax this year (Planetizen)
  • But meanwhile the Board of Equalization lowered it, again (The Hill)  (CBS)
• Study finds that sea level is rising at its fastest rate in 3,000 years (Mashable)
• Climate change is already a health problem in L.A. (LA Times)
• Peninsula leaders consider local funds to make up for transportation funding gap (San Mateo Daily Journal)
• If your city has a jaywalking problem, it's because of poor Pedestrian LOS (Systemic Failure)
• These charts compare commute times and housing costs in major cities (Urban Demographics)
• Want community? Build walkability (Strong Towns)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF