Today’s Headlines

8:46 AM PDT on April 19, 2018

Hit-and-run crashes force a call to action (LA Times)
Lyft to pay for carbon offsets, claiming that will make its many trips “carbon neutral” (Green Biz)
Sonoma County to use gas tax money for new pavement, road projects (SF Gate)
La Jolla business owners are really mad about those green bikes (La Jolla Light)
A new digital tool maps curb use in cities (Fast Company)
Google buys more downtown property near Diridon station (East Bay Times)

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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