Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:37 AM PDT on October 21, 2019
- Micromobility advocates aren’t thinking big enough (CityLab)
- Bicycle riders take the lane because that’s the smart – and safe – thing to do (Forbes)
- Long Beach city councilmember wants to close a pedestrian bridge “because crime” despite the people who use it (Long Beach Post)
- Downtowns are slowly giving up cars (Quartz)
- Why Transportation for America is calling for no new highway funding (Treehugger)
- Construction begins on highway realignment in Modesto (Modesto Bee)
- SF Chronicle says Newsom stepped into a “political minefield” with his Executive Order on transportation funding
- Can Uber and Lyft survive if they pay their drivers a living wage? (AlterNet)
- San Franciscans were crazy for bikes back in the ’90s. The 1890s. (SF Chronicle)
- Oilprice.com spends serious time slamming the idea that homes could be powered by bike riding
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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