Today’s Headlines

7:43 AM PDT on May 8, 2019

Get ready for Bike to Work Day: This week in the Bay Area (Mercury News, Daily Republic, San Francisco Bike Coalition, Bike East Bay, Bike Silicon Valley)
How we talk about drivers hitting bicyclists matter (Outside)
Push to change roadway permits could force gender equity in Tour of California (Cycling News)
San Diego County Supervisors balk at SANDAG's proposal to abandon highway projects in favor of transit (Voice of San Diego)
The 405 through the Sepulveda Pass was widened, and 5 years later traffic is slower (Curbed)
Report examines feasibility of expanding SMART in Northern California (Progressive Railroading)
In court, California is winning its environmental cases against the feds (LA Times)
Getting people to change their behavior to lower emissions is hard (Greenbiz)
City dwellers don't like congestion pricing, until they do (NPR)
A credit card that helps you manage your carbon emissions (Inhabitat)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

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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