Today’s Headlines

8:12 AM PDT on April 18, 2017

SF might sue state to get Uber, Lyft data on traffic congestion (Examiner)
In contrast with California republicans, Republican governor of Idaho objects to using general fund for transportation (Planetizen)
Which soft-hit posts are the best soft-hit posts? (Examiner)
Sacramento issues disproportionately more jaywalking tickets to black people (Sacramento Bee)
- What that tells us about justice (Sacramento Bee)
Drones, battery electric cars creating jobs in SoCal (SGV Tribune)
Study: Air pollution is as bad for your health as the death of your partner (Guardian)
Costs soar under Huntington Park's new bus service provider (LA Times)
Op-ed: We still need to build market-rate housing, and lots of it (Art Plus Marketing)
The rise of the “Smart City” (Wall Street Journal)
It's time to talk about that VMT fee (The Californian)

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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