Today’s Headlines

9:01 AM PST on March 9, 2016

Sadik-Khan: The bike wars are over, and bikes won (New York Magazine)
Early data suggests pedestrian deaths rose precipitously in 2015 (PBS)
Judge bats away court challenge against high-speed rail (Capital Public Radio) (LA Times)
Mudslide is probable cause of Bay Area train derailment (LA Times)
Renters vs. homeowners and the length of the commute (CityLab)
The pain of a city—San Francisco—becoming too affluent (New York Times)
How we shut the door on housing (City Observatory)
State Senate leaders says "no way" to SoCal air district's attempt to pack its board with industry-friendly members (LA Times)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, ever since commuting to school by bike long before bike lanes were a thing. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, editor of Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center, and earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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