Today’s Headlines

• San Luis Obispo, facing shortage of school bus drivers, hikes fares to lower ridership (Tribune)
• Should public transit be free? (NY Times)
• Critics say federal AV policy is reminiscent of hands-off approach that led to problems with aircraft (Smart Cities Dive)
• Uber calls on Congress to work on pedestrian, bicycle safety (Smart Cities Dive)
• Why it’s so hard to cut emissions from trucks, buses (Pew Trusts)
• Study: Cities worldwide continue to develop via sprawl, disconnected streets (Science Daily)
• Mapping land use in the U.S. (Visual Capitalist)
• E-commerce increases emissions by 30%, traffic congestion too (Smart Cities World)
• Redlined neighborhoods more likely to be hotter, have fewer trees (NPR)
• Becerra weighs in on legal battle over condo project in San Mateo (SF Chronicle)
• Mothers 4 Housing are in jail, and house’s corporate owner is pleased (USA Today)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF