Today’s Headlines

• In a global health emergency, the bicycle shines (CityLab)
• Bike shop business is booming (Guardian)
• LA Times' Vartabedian, who derides progress on California's high speed rail program at every opportunity, has the warm fuzzies for planned HSR to nowhere Las Vegas
• Huge housing development at former military base in Concord won't go forward (SF Chronicle)
• US Senate passes massive relief plan, House votes next (SF Chronicle)
  • Final version of bill has $114B for transportation, including airlines (Eno Center for Transportation)
• Policy after the recession has favored the wealthy (Nonprofit Quarterly)
• Curb management strategies for COVID responses (Walker Consultants)
• Ten designs that are fighting COVID-19 (Guardian)
• San Diego freezes evictions, landlords plea for help (San Diego Union Tribune)
• Cities are not prepared for this (Smart Cities Dive)
• The internet is bowing under the strain (Tech Crunch)
• Uber and Lyft are considered "essential" but drivers and passengers are at risk (CityLab)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF