Today’s Headlines

8:43 AM PDT on August 5, 2019

Are shared e-scooters good for the planet? (The Conversation)
In the U.K., drivers who kill while using a phone will face life sentences (The Telegraph)
How humans behave in public areas (The Guardian)
How much parking? Too much parking (Strong Towns)
San Bruno rejected a housing project, but state says: not so fast (SF Chronicle)
Sue the Suburbs enforces housing law in cities that reject housing (Mercury News)
CARB proposes changes to Tropical Forest Standard (carbon offsets) (Environmental Defense Fund)
We burn, then rebuild: why California's wildfire "policy" doesn't work (Mother Jones)

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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