Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:30 AM PDT on May 9, 2019
- Newby bike commuter discovers the shocking benefits of biking (SFGate)
- Caltrans HQ in Sacramento celebrates Bike to Work Month
- Long Beach named one of top 50 bike-friendly cities (Longbeachize)
- Another study shows Uber and Lyft contribute to San Francisco’s congestion (Science)
- San Mateo okays permit process for bike-share operator (San Mateo Daily News)
- Pasadena names new transportation director (Pasadena Now)
- Grants available for low-income Bay Area residents to exchange clunkers for EVs, transit passes (SFGate)
- Cap-and-trade’s forest offset program is not producing the ghg reductions it claims (UC Berkeley)
- Border wall–or giant solar panel? (CityLab)
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