Today’s Headlines

• Trump fired a panel of air pollution researchers a year ago. Now they are meeting on their own (The Guardian)
• San Diego’s shift to transit is long overdue (Voice of San Diego)
• BART chooses new fare gates (SF Chronicle)
• Northern reaches of Santa Monica beach bike paths to see improvements (Santa Monica Lookout)
• Quick build initiative is transforming the streets of San Francisco (Planetizen)
• Zero emission vehicles will save money, but need supportive policies (UC Davis)
• The myth of “green cars” (New Statesman)
• More about California Tropical Forest Standard (Earth.com)
• California readies plans to launch “its own damn satellite” to measure climate change (LA Times)
• Honolulu’s bad tactic for unsafe pedestrian crossings: remove crosswalks (Honolulu Civil Beat)
• No thank you: Uber wants its app to be indispensable to city residents (The Verge)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF