Today’s Headlines

8:58 AM PDT on July 18, 2018

Davis is still the safest bike city in the U.S.—but L.A. is the most dangerous (NextCity)
BART will extend its elevator attendant pilot after positive results
Santa Rosa celebrates its 150th anniversary with a citywide selfie (Press Democrat)
Commission considers a blanket ban on building ADUs in L.A.'s hillside areas (Curbed)
How much space US cities dedicate to parking (Fast Company)
Call it what it is: free parking is socialism (City Commentary)
Inrix, data collector, creates rulebook for AVs, which would require cities to collect data (Wired)
An idea to turn Trump's trade war into a way to fight climate change (Inside Climate News)
Highway 1 set to reopen at Big Sur today (SF Chronicle)
Video: Why the 2020 Census is so important for California (PPIC)

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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