Today’s Headlines

8:42 AM PDT on September 27, 2017

Uber, Lyft account for 2/3 of congestion-related violations in downtown S.F. (Examiner)
SMART ridership surpasses projections, more bike accommodation needed (Press Democrat)
Caltrain business plan taking shape (Patch)
Workshops: Caltrans seeks public comment on guidelines for State of Good Repair funding (Lake County News)
The bad drivers around your kid's school (are you one of them?) (CityLab)
Judge rewrites gas tax repeal language (LA Times)
US climate change policy: Made in California (NY Times)
Is California considering banning fossil-fuel-powered cars? (Transport Topics)
Report: The U.S. is failing at making communities more walkable (Fast Company)
S.F. tries an ordinance to crack down on bike chop shops (SF Gate)
Bikes aid in earthquake recovery in Mexico City (Cycling Tips)
Saudi women just won the right to drive (Vox)

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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