Today’s Headlines

9:03 AM PDT on April 11, 2017

Walking is the best way to access transit (Transit Center)
Unless you're black: Cops beat up a guy for jaywalking in Sacramento (Fox40)
Construction sites are not following Oakland's new pedestrian access guidelines (Transport Oakland)
Drivers will have to pay to park at SMART stations (Marin Independent Journal)
Santa Monica looks to improve its beach trail (Santa Monica Lookout)
Apple's new campus in Cupertino has more space for parking than offices (Business Insider)
Transportation funding bill:
- California's historical fuel tax increase: What it is (Planetizen)
- CA is doing it right: Prioritizing repair, investing in transit, walking, and biking (T4America)
- A lot of road construction jobs are coming to California (SCPR)
- Deals on transportation package show shortcomings of Prop 54 (Fox&Hounds)
- Prop 54 didn't solve much (LA Times)
A danger to pedestrians not often considered: Run over by a deer (SBnation)

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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