Today’s Headlines

8:21 AM PDT on May 14, 2019

Parental advice on living car-free (CityLab)
New report shows many low-income Californians are still waiting for clean energy incentives (NRDC)
The crime of being black in a city that doesn't want you (Mother Jones)
Bill Nye calls it like he sees it: There's no time to waste dickering about climate change (Hollywood Reporter)
Trump tariffs raise the price of transit fare cards made in China (Seattle Times)
Tariffs on bikes rise to 36%, will be paid by consumers (WVTF)
Mapping potential parcel-specific effects of SB 50 (Urban Footprint)
Central Valley's persistent poverty problem (CNBC)
Uber collects travel data--but says cities that want to share it violate privacy (Wired)
Are e-bikes the answer to everything? (USA Today)

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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