Today’s Headlines

9:13 AM PST on December 21, 2016

The Uber self-driving car story spreads:
- Uber admits they have a problem with bike lanes (The Verge)
- They can't handle bike lanes (Register)
- They could be a threat to bicyclists (Fortune)
- Uber's fight against regulation is part of a “master plan” (The Drive)

Electric car-sharing coming to low-income areas in L.A. (KPCC)
It's ugly, but fascinating: a 3-D digitally printed pedestrian bridge was just finished in Catalonia (All3DP)

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, since her early days commuting by bike to UCLA long ago. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, and edited Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center. She also earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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