Today’s Headlines

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

By Melanie Curry

8:40 AM PST on February 2, 2018

Sacramento erased a crosswalk, then two people were critically injured there by hit-and-run driver (Sacramento Bee)
Mountain View has a bike riding mayor, and he’s bringing residents on rides with him (Mercury News)
After clogging SF streets with its drivers, Uber adds bike-share to its app—golly gee, how very innovative (NY Times, Mashable, Slate)
Adding express lanes to Highway 101 won’t solve traffic (TransForm)
Monterey County launches carpool program (Californian)
Low-income weatherization program deleted from Governor Brown’s proposed cap-and-trade spending plan (NRDC)
Transit ridership is dropping, car ownership is rising—why are we surprised? We plan for cars, we build for cars, we make cars seem necessary (KPCC, LA Times)
Mapping where bill to overhaul local zoning rules would allow higher development in LA (Curbed)
Podcast: Housing, the environment, and how it is all getting tangled up (CalMatters)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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