Today’s Headlines

8:45 AM PST on December 6, 2019

California voters say climate change is a top priority (LA Times)
Uber reports 3,000 sexual assault claims last year (LA Times)
SF plans to fight state bill on housing near transit (San Francisco Chronicle)
Supreme Court to decide whether people have a right to sleep on the sidewalk (LA Times)
California to release millions of dollars to combat homelessness (Mercury News)
Transbay Transit Center needs a sexier name (SF Chronicle)
SMART train announces opening date for extension (Press Democrat)
Transportation, mobility at root of foster student absenteeism (Education Dive)
Include seniors at the table when developing autonomous vehicles (Wired)
Electric buses are finding their way around adoption barriers (Gov Tech)
Kansas City transit will be free for everyone (435 Magazine)

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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