Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:44 AM PDT on August 27, 2018
- “Cars are inefficient”–Uber to focus on bikes over cars (BBC)
- Self-driving cars are a long way off (Venture Beat)
- Ridehail for kids comes to San Diego (NBC)
- Ventura County gets state transportation allocation for pavement, stormwater management, train (VC Star)
- San Diego will use state funds for new border crossing, highway lanes, a parking lot, and a bike path (NBC)
- Pedestrian killed by hit-and-run driver; media responds with “safety tips for pedestrians” rather than for drivers (Press Enterprise)
- Kern County knows where its pedestrian danger spots are… and fixes them by installing signs (Bakersfield.com)
- FlixBus adds routes between California destinations and Reno (Nevada Sagebrush)
- E-bikes have been changing the “active travel” business (People for Bikes)
- But tariffs are raising e-bike prices (NPR)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
Streetsblog has migrated to a new comment system. New commenters can register directly in the comments section of any article. Returning commenters: your previous comments and display name have been preserved, but you'll need to reclaim your account by clicking "Forgot your password?" on the sign-in form, entering your email, and following the verification link to set a new password — this is required because passwords could not be carried over during the migration. For questions, contact tips@streetsblog.org.
More from Streetsblog California
California Needs More Ways to Fund Transit, Not Fewer. Streetsblog Urges You to Vote No on 43
Prop. 43 would make it harder for Californians to fund transit and transportation projects by giving just over 1/3 of voters the power to block locally backed tax measures.
October 6, 2026
The Five Types of Speeding Drivers
...and why the same solutions won't work to slow all of them down.
October 5, 2026
Driver Kills Pedestrian on Lakeside in Oakland
Delays to a safety project contributed, say advocates
October 5, 2026
Eyes on the Street: Santa Monica’s Newly Concrete-Curb-Protected Broadway Bikeway
Broadway now has 1.6 miles of concrete-curb protection, making it the longest continuous stretch of concrete-protected bikeway in L.A. County
October 5, 2026