Today’s Headlines

8:31 AM PDT on September 6, 2018

The real story about scooters, regulations, and caps (Have a Go)
New mayor sets aggressive zero-carbon goals for San Francisco (SF Chronicle)
SF Muni to upgrade “NextBus” system (SF Examiner)
American's “love affair” with cars threatens climate (EE News)
A skeptical look at transportation funding “lockboxes” (Governing)
We need universal basic mobility (2025 AD)
Rich towns aren't necessarily well off (Strong Towns)
Does rent control create housing shortages? (Curbed)
Developer who sought to use S.B. 35 to build housing gives up after another city rejection (Berkeleyside)

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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