Today’s Headlines

9:02 AM PDT on April 19, 2016

Image: Gianluca Gimini, Velocipedia via Washington Post — Image: Gianluca Gimini, Velocipedia, via Washington Post

Lawmakers seek tighter oversight of high-speed rail (LA Times)
Making a right turn on a red light without stopping: just don't do it (San Jose Mercury News)
Four Bay Area cities have “greenest commute” in U.S. (San Jose Mercury News)
Drop in Santa Clara bus ridership brings hard decisions (San Jose Mercury News)
- but it's a hobson's choice (Systemic Failure)
Transit riders love the new red lanes in San Francisco (SF Curbed)
Transit study analyzes alternatives along I-80 corridor in Contra Costa County (East Bay Times)
Why isn't there more ferry service across San Francisco Bay? (KQED)
Well, you try drawing a bike: it's not so easy (Washington Post)

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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