Skip to Content
Streetsblog California home
Streetsblog California home
Log In
Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

7:10 AM PDT on June 12, 2018

    • The racial dynamics of housing bill SB 827 (Next City)
    • Traffic signals favor cars and delay pedestrians (Transportist)
    • Twelve graphs that argue the case for urban cycling (Guardian)
    • Electric buses pencil out (RouteFifty)
    • Sacramento bus riders get “leaning benches” (Sacramento Bee)
    • Caltrain's “bikes board first” policy reduces boarding times, and will expand (San Mateo Daily Journal)
    • California and car makers agree on emissions standards (Planetizen)
    • Waymo is about to multiply its self-driving fleet by a hundred (The Verge)
    • Tesla adds new self-driving features as crash investigations continue (Silicon Angle)

Thank you for your support for Streetsblog California! It's not too late to donate and be entered in a raffle for a signed copy of Donald Shoup's Parking and Cities

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry
@StreetsblogCal

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.

Stay in touch

Sign up for our free newsletter

More from Streetsblog California

Streetsblog California

New Draft CA High-Speed Rail Business Plan is LESS Costly than the 2022 Plan

Want a chance to really weigh-in on CAHSRA planning? Here's your once-every-four-years-chance.

March 3, 2026
Headlines

Tuesday’s Headlines

I feel like last week I was struggling to get 8 good, solid, non jokey headlines and this week so far the headlines are stacked!

March 3, 2026
Streetsblog USABicycling

Could Refurbished E-Bikes Be the Secret Weapon of the Livable Streets Movement?

A high-quality used market could be the boost America needs to get would-be riders off the sidelines and into the saddle, a new report argues.

March 2, 2026
Streetsblog Los AngelesParking

New UCLA Report Looks into the High Cost to Build Parking

For new apartments, the research found that building required parking adds roughly $50,000 to $100,000 per unit, and disproportionately increases the cost to build smaller apartments.

March 2, 2026
Fresno

Fresno’s New Active Transportation Plan Sets an Ambitious Course — Advocates Say Execution Will Be Key – Comments Due March 5

The draft ATP paints a hopeful picture of a Fresno, but advocates worry it reads more like a consultants wish list than a plan.

March 2, 2026
Streetsblog San Franciscotraffic violence

Driver Kills Two-Year Old Child in Mission Rock

SFMTA responds by repainting crosswalks. But once again things are following a familiar script.

March 2, 2026
See all posts