Today’s Headlines

• The pirate mentality of autonomous vehicle developers should worry us (The Verge)
• U.S. Senate duking it out over autonomous vehicle regulation (Wall Street Journal)
• A second Turlock cyclist killed on a busy street, and the most salient aspect for the Modesto Bee: Dark clothing, no helmet.
• West Hollywood neighborhood council fights bike and bus lanes: “The city will come to a complete stop!” (Curbed)
• More lanes! More lanes! People really believe that adding a lane for cars will solve congestion on the Richmond Bridge (Fox)
• Federal infrastructure plan:
  • That’s a no (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
  • It’s not a $1.5 trillion plan—it’s a reduction in spending (CityLab)
  • And it’s gunning for transit (Politico)
• Maybe California can meet its EV goals (Sacramento Bee)
• San Diego County needs to get serious about climate change (Voice of San Diego)
• Berkeley plans to develop its own cryptocurrency to fund affordable housing (The Architects Newspaper)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF