Today’s Headlines

8:34 AM PDT on April 30, 2019

L.A. Mayor proposes plan to phase out gas-fueled cars (LA Times)
SANDAG proposes rail expansion instead of highway project (San Diego Union Tribune)
Traffic pollution causes one fifth of new childhood asthma cases (Environmental Defense Fund)
Toronto adds bike stations, free shuttles, pedestrian tunnel, and reduces car trips to its airport (Consulting Canada)
Caltrans backs off on plan to raise Bay Area freeway overpasses after cities object (Bay City Beacon)
How seniors in California are rethinking their transportation (KPBS)
Report: Low-income communities should benefit from green economy (California Health Report)
When white homebuyers take over black neighborhoods (NY Times)
Flow chart explainer for housing bill SB 50 in current form (Curbed)
Muni director resigns (Curbed)
Bus rapid transit made a big difference for Mexico City residents (WBUR)

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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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