Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

By Melanie Curry

8:46 AM PDT on May 2, 2019

How much distracted driving happens? Insurers know (LA Times)
What happens when a city adopts Uber for its public transit system (CityLab)
The gender gap in transportation data (London Reconnections)
High speed rail plan shows higher costs, plan to start slowly (SF Chronicle)
CNN uses “removing X number of cars from the road” as a yardstick for personal actions on climate change–but fails to consider “not driving” as one of those actions
Metered parking spots are so much less expensive per hour than office space–so people are working at the curb (Fast Company)
L.A.’s first two-way bike lane debuts (LAist)
“Bicycle roads” are taking over Southern California!! (We wish) (Pasadena Star News)
Bird scooters return to SF with monthly rentals (Curbed)
Who is spending how much to influence CA legislation (Sacramento Bee)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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