Today’s Headlines

8:57 AM PDT on March 23, 2020

Revised federal relief bill includes $20 billion for public transit and $58 billion in cheap loans for airlines (Eno Center for Transportation)
- But negotiations are not going great (LA Times, SF Chronicle)
Fund, build bikeways to help people travel safely during pandemic (Forbes)
What happens when people stop flying? (Eno Center for Transportation)
Social distancing: Black Americans are like, "What's new?" (Brookings)
Californians stay home (LA Times, River Bender)
But lots of people are out and about: Garcetti scolds L.A. (LA Times)
- Bay Area parks and beaches see weekend crowds (SF Chronicle)
- In response, Marin County closes its parks (SF Chronicle)
Will shelter-in-place work? (SF Chronicle)
Don't push the button: Australia rolls out automated pedestrian signals to avoid "beg buttons" (AU News)
Housing construction is considered "essential" and work continues, for now (Sacramento Bee)
LA Times editorial board supports a people mover serving planned Inglewood stadium

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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