Today’s Headlines

• First section of CV Link–bike/ped/golf cart path in Coachella Valley–opens (Patch)
• Protected bike lanes may be coming to Lake Merritt in Oakland (SF Gate)
• Glendale-Hyperion bridge to get protected bike lanes as part of retrofit (Curbed)
• Community speaks up, so contractor reopens bike/ped link after claiming it wouldn’t be possible (Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition)
• Studies are clear: Uber, Lyft increase congestion (KPCC)
• California transportation agencies get new leadership (Progressive Railroading)
• Conversation with the housing activist who came up with SB 827 (Vox)
• Former head of Caltrans pushes idea that a remote highway is the most important road project in Sacramento (Sacramento Bee)
• LAX to move forward with public-private partnership to build tram (SCPR)
• Breakdown: Where gas tax funds are being used in Northern California (Chicoer)
• Oil companies spent record amounts lobbying CA legislators last year (LA Times)
• Loving Wakanda’s fantasy transit system (The Verge)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF