Today’s Headlines

8:17 AM PDT on August 23, 2018

Rethinking bike lanes (Human Transit)
The challenges of walking while old (Treehugger)
CARB chooses nonprofit program to help bring clean energy to low-income residents (NGT News)
Interview with CARB Chair Mary Nichols on transitioning to new administration (Planning Report)
AAA says relying on ride-hail would not be cheaper than owning a car—if you live in the sticks and don't have access to transit (NBC)
Another critique of the giant new transbay transit center in SF (Wired)
City of Berkeley tries a new way to raise funds: issuing bitcoin to raise money for housing (Gov Tech)
Bill to allow BART to build housing moves forward (Curbed)

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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