Today’s Headlines

8:47 AM PST on November 22, 2019

SANDAG to offer minigrants for programs that encourage bicycling (Fox5)
SMART's new train service to Larkspur, Novato launches in December (Press Democrat)
Madera Amtrak station to move, again (Stop and Move)
Analysis of police stop data in Oakland: Are new policies removing racial bias? (Bike Lab)
San Francisco considers a "vacancy tax" on empty storefronts (SF Chronicle)
And maybe L.A. should consider one on empty homes (LAist)
A.B. 5 and the future of transportation (Forbes)
Driver in Arizona AV crash bears the brunt of blame, but so does everyone's lax attitude (The Verge)
New research from Australia shows building, expanding roads increases car traffic (Domain)
Like many cities, Bloomington, Indiana talks about climate change but won't make necessary changes (Transportation Justice)

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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