Today’s Headlines

8:17 AM PDT on August 14, 2018

Lime extends equity program to its entire nationwide vehicle fleet (Smart Cities Dive)
Busy Berkeley street to get flashing pedestrian signal—one day, soon. People are already complaining because “confusion” (Berkeleyside)
Bike Champions: An inexpensive way for companies to encourage more bike commuting (Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition)
Surprise! Scientists find that drivers just plain old aren't looking for bikes (CityLab)
How Fresno won $70 million to clean up its air (Next City)
Gas tax opponents claim it's not necessary, an argument based on solidly wishful thinking (CalMatters)
Where the gas tax goes (CalMatters)
San Diego Trolley cuts crime by sending security to ride train, issue tickets for fare evasion (San Diego Union Tribune)
SF's new transbay transit center is not your average bus stop (CityLab)
We were warned: a still-relevant 1973 essay on how cars change the very fabric of our lives (Uneven Earth)
Electric buses good, but don't neglect expansion, improvement of transit (Energy at Haas)

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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