Today’s Headlines

8:52 AM PST on November 9, 2018

Ford buys Spin e-scooter startup (SF Chronicle, Wall Street Journal, The Verge)
San Jose to launch autonomous shuttles between downtown, shopping district (Mercury News)
More protected bike lanes coming to SF (ABC7)
California's next governor wants to build 3.5 million new homes (Curbed)
More election analysis:
- Orange County's “blue wave” has been building for decades (OC Register)
- There are still a lot of ballots to count (CALmatters)
- As the dust settles, it's time to talk about infrastructure (Politico)
- ....and maybe climate change legislation? (Washington Examiner)
Where to watch other people stuck in traffic (KQED)

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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