Today’s Headlines

9:13 AM PDT on June 3, 2016

Pedestrian air bags, anyone? Diagram by Matt Cortright, City Observatory

Oil companies are pouring money into campaigns of black and Latino Democrats in CA (CalMatters)
Assembly passes bill to bring more cap-and-trade funds to disadvantaged communities (Greenlining Institute)
Other ideas for protecting Google's cars from pedestrians (City Observatory)
In London, a scheme for free bike use (BikeBiz)
- But at Stanford, only a scheme for free helmets (Stanford News)
Silicon Valley's transportation tax will go to voters (Mercury News)
Sacramento transportation officials prepare for arena opening in October (GovTech)
Key takeaways from “Best Complete Streets Policies” webinar (MikeOnTraffic)
Governor's affordable housing plan could wipe away local control (LA Times)
Caltrans is still widening lanes for “safety” (Santa Cruz Sentinel)

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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