Today’s Headlines

8:06 AM PST on January 5, 2017

Using art, lighting, and data to make pedestrians safer: an art project in San Leandro (Boom California)
Study finds ride-hail carpools could cut congestion—but even its author calls it “utopian” (Mercury News)
SF responds to CPUC inaction on ride-hail regulations by scaling back taxi rules (SF Examiner)
Sonoma County to get a bit more affordable housing (Press Democrat)
California's housing affordability problems have never been worse, according to HCD (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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