Today’s Headlines

• Electric scooters and bikes “have promise” as transportation options (Morning Consult)
  • E-scooter use is growing at “unprecedented” pace (Curbed)
  • And . . . cities respond: by banning them--Beverly Hills is the latest (LA Times)
• Jump bikes can't keep up with demand in Sacramento (Sacramento Bee)
• Here's an app that awards miles for every mode—if you let it follow you everywhere (The Verge)
• San Diego passes an “aggressive” bike pedestrian plan without timeline or funding (San Diego Union Tribune)
• Manteca pursues Active Transportation Program grants (Manteca Bulletin)
• La Mesa begins construction on pedestrian/bike safety projects (San Diego Union Tribune)
• PPIC poll: Californians' top concern is the environment
• What a smart tax on ride-hail would entail (CityLab)
• Believe it or not, Americans spend less time traveling now than they did in the '90s (SSTI)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF