Today’s Headlines

• Good morning! It's Walking Wednesday (you'll have to do it solo)
  • It's also Waving Wednesday (CalBike)
• A deep discussion about cutting transit during the pandemic (Human Transit)
• Essential, vulnerable, and not white: public transit is crucial, exposes riders to risk (USA Today)
• Berkeley considers requiring affordable units in every new development, removing option to pay a fee instead (SF Chronicle)
• Emeryville gets rid of "beg buttons" (SF Chronicle)
• L.A. should open up more space for foot and bike traffic (Daily News)
• Confusion, a quickly changing situation, and overwhelm block release of COVID-19 information (LA Times)
• New Zealand is the first country to fund pop-up bike lanes, wider sidewalks during pandemic (Forbes)
• FAA to grant $1+ billion in aid to CA airports (CBS)
• CA approves bonds for Las Vegas high-speed train (Bloomberg)
• Apple releases map showing volumes of people walking, driving, taking transit (Bloomberg)
• Early indications of the future of the automobile industry (Planetizen)
• Creative ways to equitably engage the public in decisions even during a pandemic (Safe Routes to Schools)
• Sacramento County releases coronavirus dashboard (Sacramento Bee)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF