Today’s Headlines

8:28 AM PST on February 20, 2018

Where does all that bike-share data go? (CityLab)
Montclair bans use of phones and ear buds while walking in crosswalks (Daily Bulletin)
Do crosswalk buttons work? (ABC7)
Widening freeways is so last century--even the LA Times says so
- Oh, wait, maybe if one of the lanes is reserved for electric vehicles? (Daily News)
Trump infrastructure plan could make gas tax even more necessary (Sacramento Bee)
Both are needed: More housing and better transportation (SF Chronicle)
Oakland's Lake Merritt gets pedestrian improvements (Hoodline)
Santa Barbara gets buffered bike lanes (Noozhawk)
After many years, commuter train coming to Santa Barbara (Independent)
SMART gets gas tax money to add trips (Marin Independent Journal)
OCTA orders new CNG buses (NGT News)
Germany considers making public transportation free to fight air pollution (Washington Post)
Elon Musk and his fantasies are not the future--they're delaying it (Medium)

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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