Today’s Headlines

9:09 AM PDT on August 30, 2017

Study: Clearly marked bicycle lanes are better for safety—and traffic flow (MN Transport)
San Jose set to open new two-way protected bikeway with bike signal (Cyclelicious)
Among the problems in Houston: Getting rid of the many damaged cars (Jalopnik)
Spending cap-and-trade: Priority should be the most vulnerable among us (Capitol Weekly)
State Supreme Court decision "rips a hole in Prop 13" (Legal Planet)
- ...by ruling that tax measures by initiative--not government-led--can pass with a majority vote (LA Times)
CA legislature moves toward agreement on housing bills (Capital Public Radio)
Report: As income inequality rises, do does the rent burden on lower income folks (CityLab)

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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