- Self-driving car kills pedestrian. How long until the pedestrian is blamed? (NY Times)
- Answer: about a half hour—she was “outside the crosswalk” (Bloomberg)
- “No fault by Uber,” she “abruptly” walked into street (SF Chronicle)
- She was walking her bike across the street (Bicycling)
- NACTO: We cannot afford to let market competition trump safety (NACTO)
- Coalition presses for stricter federal oversight of autonomous vehicles (The Hill)
- No one is trying to force anyone out of cars (Vox)
- Pedestrian bridges may be “safer” but they don't work (San Diego Reader)
- Governor Brown's long history with California politics and laws (New Yorker)
- Lyft tests monthly subscription idea—all the trips you want, one price (SF Chronicle)
- CPUC considers regulating Uber, Lyft like limousines and tour buses (US News)
- Traffic study will ask drivers to slow down to avoid bottlenecks (San Diego Union Tribune)
- San Francisco Supervisors oppose housing bill SB 827 (Curbed)
- Group opposes proposed housing development because parking (Curbed)
- Homeless advocate charges San Diego with enforcing encroachment rules against people but not bikes (Voice of San Diego)
- Long Beach bike-share celebrates two years (The Grunion)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF