Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
7:51 AM PDT on May 3, 2018
- About that parking garage that got transit funding (Systemic Failure)
- People for Bikes ranks cities on bike ridership, safety, ease of biking (Fast Company)
- West Covina doesn’t want bike path reopened because homeless people are scary; Bike plan approval postponed (San Gabriel Valley Tribune)
- Fresno Bicycle Coalition hosts 17th annual Mall-to-Mall Bike Ride (KMPH)
- California population is growing, especially around Sacramento (Sacramento Bee)
- EPA ozone designations raise concerns of political influence (Utility Dive)
- Air quality is a public health issue (Inland Empire Community News)
- How the transit housing bill failed (LA Times)
- Bike, car manufacturers join forces to work on bike-to-car communication systems (Bicycle Retailer)
- No more tax benefit for people who bike to work—or for parking costs? (MarketWatch)
- Could autonomous vehicles add to congestion? Yup (GovTech)
- What keeps girls from riding bikes (Outside Online)
- Why can’t riding bikes just be a normal thing in the U.S.? (Outside Online)
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