Today’s Headlines

9:00 AM PDT on October 25, 2019

Red car pedestrian bridge taking shape over the L.A. River (The Eastsider)
San Diego starts test driving electric buses (KPBS)
L.A. adds umbrellas for shade (Curbed)
Drivers are killing people on foot and on bike at almost record rates (The Verge)
- But car drivers are safer in their cages (Wired)
Ban SUVs (The Urbanist)
Action on climate change needed now (Capitol Weekly)
Copenhagen raises price of parking, based on emissions (Eltis)

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.

Stay in touch

More from Streetsblog California

Streetsblog California

State Supreme Court Reinforces Rules that Cities Must Maintain Safe Roads

When Ty Whitehead was injured in a crash caused by a pothole in Oakland, it sparked an eight-year legal battle that is still being waged.

Damien Newton

May 7, 2025

Jobs Board

Interested in a Job Fighting Climate Change? Climate Plan Seeks New Director

This coalition of nonprofits working to shift California's transportation infrastructure towards sustainable and equitable travel is looking for someone to lead their new campaigns

Damien Newton

May 7, 2025

Streetsblog California

Wednesday’s Headlines

Cities Need to Put Their Money Where Their Mouths Are...

Damien Newton

May 7, 2025

Streetsblog Los Angeles Special Features

Lyft’s Anti-Worker Anti-Transit Record Raises Red Flags For Metro Bike Share

Edwin Aviles and Kalayaan Mendoza urge Metro not to reward bad actors working to undermine workers’ rights and mass transit.

May 7, 2025

Streetsblog USA Special Features

Is U.S. Transportation Policy Ready For The ‘Silver Tsunami’?

America's car-dependent communities and the legal system that creates them aren't prepared for the rising proportion of seniors who can't safely drive, a new book argues — and before the "silver tsunami" crashes down on us, we need to make reforms.

May 6, 2025

See all posts