Today’s Headlines
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8:13 AM PDT on April 26, 2019
- More people are dying on L.A. city streets than before push for Vision Zero (LA Times)
- People miss e-bikes when they’re taken away (Fast Company)
- Want a happy commute? Ride a bike (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
- Planning begins for San Pablo Avenue, a major multi-city corridor in East Bay (Berkeleyside)
- Housing bill moves forward, with a compromise (Capital Public Radio, Lost Coast Outpost)
- It goes easy on Marin, North Bay area (Curbed)
- Trump administration plans to open California to oil drilling (SF Chronicle)
- Parking is important and parking is not important (Strong Towns)
- Homeless people need shelter, and supportive services help (CALmatters)
- Participatory budgeting can help cities (Efficient Government)
- Why new office space is so hard to find in Berkeley (Berkeleyside)
- New Orleans is suing the oil companies (NextCity)
- Singapore company wants to deploy a “flying car” in the U.S.–because Singapore won’t allow it (Today Online)
- Take a bike tour of Winterfell (Bicycling)
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