Today’s Headlines

8:12 AM PST on March 8, 2017

Today is International Women's Day. Some of the websites you encounter will be closed in solidarity with "A Day Without Women"
Gee, “female” pedestrian signals, how enlightened (Lonely Planet)
The case for protected bike lanes (Fast CoExist)
Statewide survey finds Californians want state action on climate, immigration (PPIC)
There is a lot of excess parking at transit stations (Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders)
Advocates want change on 17th Street in San Francisco (SFBay)
- And improvements on Market Street (SFBC)
SANDAG relied on outdated information, underestimating costs of transportation projects (Voice of San Diego)
San Mateo Countywide Transportation Plan will include measurable performance targets (Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition)
Amid stale ridership numbers (SF Gate)
- BART considers raising fares (Mercury News)
- And so does Golden Gate transit district (Marin Independent Journal)
You don't want to be me: 20 years ago, I killed a bicyclist (WBUR)
Putting a stop to chop shops (SF Weekly)

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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