Today’s Headlines

8:01 AM PDT on April 9, 2019

How much will climate change cost? EPA prices it out (LA Times)
BART launches crackdown on fare evaders with show of force (SF Chronicle)
For mobility companies, scooters are easier, cheaper, more used--so bikes may go away (Smart Cities Dive)
An interactive map of where LA's scooters are--and aren't (LA Magazine)
An entertaining and very enlightening history of roof shapes: sloped vs flat (Medium)
Making a living from rich people's trash in San Francisco (New York Times)
A history of black residents of Long Beach and their battle against racist real estate policies (Long Beach Post)
Cities and states need to work together on housing (Governing)

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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