Today’s Headlines

• As scheduled, gas tax rises almost a whole six cents today, and media freaks out (KTLA, KCAL, Sacramento Bee, Washington Post)
  • After all, we shouldn't have to pay for road maintenance, or something like that (Bakersfield.com)
• Meanwhile air quality is getting worse, and emissions climb (LA Times)
• Photos of some really bad (and really nice) bike infrastructure all over the world (Guardian)
• Where are San Francisco's bike-share bikes? (SF Chronicle)
• To "deal with the problem," Oakland proposes to close a street where homeless have been living in RVs (SF Chronicle)
• Google wants to build 20,000 homes. That will be expensive (SF Chronicle)
• Bids are coming in high for San Rafael bridge (and every other transportation projects) (Marin Independent Journal)
• Bamboo bikes, made in Ghana, are trendy in Germany (Forbes)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF