Today’s Headlines

• Bike-share is expanding in the Bay Area (NBC)
• BART plans improvements to bike station access and parking (BART)
• The heat wave vs. planes, trains, and automobiles: a hint of what's to come (East Bay Times)
  • ...and the weather's effect on roads and sidewalks (KCRA)
• Cafe hit by car was not wearing a helmet; pedestrians able to get out of the way (Berkeleyside)
• London mayor wants to cut car trips, encourage biking, walking, transit (Guardian)
• It's not just California that has raised its gas tax—other states have too (Fox News)
• Placer County to try again on tax measure for highway expansion (Sacramento Bee)
• CA bill would reduce traffic fines for low-income drivers (Marketplace)
• Developer finds it less expensive to increase affordable units and reduce parking (East Bay Times)
• How to deal with NIMBYs (Vox)
• Vanity could save the planet (Atlantic)
• Bay Area Air Quality Management District moves to allow more pollution (East Bay Times)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF