Today’s Headlines

8:29 AM PDT on September 6, 2017

A bill exempting public transportation from CEQA would also apply to Clipper Arena (LA Times)
Long Beach bike connection finally on its way (LongBeachize)
Top bills on environmental issues pending in California legislature (Natural Resources Defense Council)
In Bolivia, those car-free days lower pollution levels dramatically (Guardian)
In some US cities, car ownership rates are going down (Seattle Times)
Germany is having some fun with its pedestrian signals (WFLA)
The real lesson of Hurrican Harvey (Strong Towns)

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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