Today’s Headlines

8:52 AM PDT on March 14, 2017

New report raises concerns about emissions from California oil industry (EDF)
Evaluating the results of BART's peak-hour incentive program (CityLab)
Sacramento fears NCAA visitors will fill downtown parking; offers free light rail rides to people who can easily afford a ticket (Sacramento Bee)
Guessing the future effects of driverless cars on our cities: less car ownership, more congestion and miles traveled, less money for transit and cities (Curbed) (Daily News)
Oh boo hoo: Freaking out because no Uber at SXSW. But for people without cars, “the American city hasn’t been fully functioning for more than fifty years” (Slate)
The controversial role of offsets in cap-and-trade (LA Times)
Feds are gunning for environmental regulations (Governing)
Study: Neighborhood walkability can boost your health (Futurity)

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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