Today’s Headlines

8:44 AM PST on November 13, 2019

Navigation apps changed the politics of traffic (CityLab)
Uber to challenge L.A.'s suspension of its scooter, bike permit (LA Times)
BART apologizes; man who got cuffed for eating a sandwich ain't having it (NY Times)
Laguna Beach garners awards for parking app (Patch)
Tolls are coming to Highway 101 in Bay Area (Palo Alto Daily Post)
South Orange County looks for public input on proposed "traffic improvements" (new highway lanes) (Patch)
CARB changes EV rebate program to benefit more people (LA Times)
Risk of stroke linked to exposure to local traffic emissions (SSTI)
Trump's EPA says air pollution can't kill you (Heated)
- Claims this is about "transparency" (NY Times)
How Paris created a bicycle boom (Ozy)

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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