Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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
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