Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:35 AM PDT on April 22, 2019
- Happy Earth Day! Ride transit and bike-share for free in L.A. today (LA Times)
- Atascadero wants to copy Lancaster’s traffic calming success (Atascadero News)
- Brawley gets an electric school bus (Imperial Valley Press)
- State officials to study condition of bridge decks on Richmond San Rafael Bridge (Marin Independent Journal)
- Interactive website collects your street safety data (Lake County News)
- A campaign in Brazil compares the cost of gas to the cost of a bike, in real time (The Drum)
- Reason Foundation dreams of wider, faster highways built (and maintained?) with a bigger debt load (Orange County Register)
- San Diego residents would rather ban scooters than create a safe place to ride them (NBC)
- Tired of being recognized, bike thief returns an expensive bike he stole (Bicycling)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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