Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:42 AM PDT on May 18, 2017
- Caltrans responds to a fatality by banning bikes from key bike route; riders push back (Cyclelicious)
- Why do city leaders want to keep L.A.’s streets dangerous? (Curbed)
- Many Bike Month milestones in the East Bay alone (GJEL)
- Tales of a human bike lane (Sierra Club)
- Chao refuses to sign Caltrain electrification grant (Mercury News)
- CA bill to create discount transit pass program needs your support (Whittier Daily News)
- Calculating the true cost of going car-free (for urban dwellers with employer benefits) (Arlington Transportation Partners)
- D.C. considers requiring companies who subsidize parking to give same amount to people who don’t drive to work (WAMU)
- This old city—Barcelona—is finding a way to build green corridors (CityLab)
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