Today’s Headlines

8:50 AM PDT on March 12, 2020

How car-free streets can combat loneliness (US News)
Working towards standard e-bike regulation across states (Bicycle Retailer)
E.P.A. updates plans to limit science used in environmental rules (NY Times)
Let's fulfill the vision of high-speed rail (SF Chronicle)
San Jose, San Francisco explore tenant protections in face of coronavirus work cancellations (CityLab)
U.S. House of Reps readies an economic stimulus bill (LA Times)
L.A. public transit in the age of coronavirus (LAist)
National Bike Summit 2020 cancelled (League of American Bicyclists)
Traffic eases as tech workers stay home (NY Times)
Former engineer suggests "green roofs" to clean air over freeways, 'cause you can't stop building them (San Diego Reader)
Oregon governor skips walk-out Republicans, issues executive order on climate change (OPB)

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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