Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

By Melanie Curry

8:52 AM PST on March 9, 2018

Health benefits of cycling could save everybody money–not just cyclists (The Georgia Straight)
Economic benefits from the gas tax may be real, but let’s not overstate them (CalMatters)
The unhelpful ways cities talk about bike helmets (CityLab)
Bakersfield to step up “pedestrian safety patrols” this weekend (Kern Golden Empire)
That’s how to do it: Paris offers financial incentives for ditching your car (Bicycling)
Denied access to Uber, Lyft data, cities have to get creative (Wired)
Lyft to test self-driving cars in California (Future Structure)
New analysis says greenhouse gas emissions from cities is much higher than previously thought (National Geographic)
States must act on climate change (Bloomberg)
CA Assemblymember Mayes sues over wording of climate change ballot measure which would, yes, limit legislature’s ability to fund climate change programs (Desert Sun)
Bay Area shorelines sinking, at risk of flooding (Mercury News)
Vacaville to hold a summit on transportation for seniors, disabled people (Daily Republic)
Lillias Campbell Davidson, founder of the first women’s cycling organization, among women who finally get an obit in the NY Times
Crowded cities search for nature-based health solutions (Christian Science Monitor)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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