Today’s Headlines
Note: SBCA will be heading out early today and we won't publish on Monday in commemoration of Cesar Chavez Day. See you back here on Tuesday.
9:12 AM PDT on March 25, 2016
- The myth of the bicycle as free rider (Momentum)
- Why the gas tax isn’t enough (Sonoma West)
- Bike-share is transit (USA Today)
- Though not everyone gets it (Washington Post)
- How apps can help thieves steal high-end bikes (turn off STRAVA before you get home) (KTVU)
- Another way self-driving cars might work…. or not (Gizmodo)
- Upcoming: L.A. Transportation Summit (Broadway World)
- Glendale looks at capping freeway with a park (Glendale News-Press)
Note: SBCA will be heading out early today and we won’t publish on Monday in commemoration of Cesar Chavez Day. See you back here on Tuesday.
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