Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:51 AM PDT on May 4, 2020
- It’s Bike Month. Or Bike Safety Month. At any rate, May is for biking!
- Biking is popular right now, but let’s take a lesson from the 1970s (Forbes)
- The bicycle couriers of lockdown (Global Cycling Network)
- California legislature begins its return: Assembly back in session, with curtailed activities (SF Chronicle)
- And they first have to deal with a very ugly budget (SF Chronicle)
- Fasten your seatbelts, reopening is going to be a long, slow, bumpy ride (LA Times)
- Sacramento will park wifi-equipped buses, unused right now, in neighborhoods that lack wifi (Capital Public Radio, KCRA)
- The next hurdle is figuring out how to make transit safe post-lockdown (AP News, New York Times)
- Traffic, emissions, and fuel-tax revenues are all way down during lockdown (UC Davis)
- Can the world sustain this reduction in traffic? (Brookings)
- Santa Monica residents want city to restrict some car traffic (Santa Monica Daily Press)
- Glaswegian builds a long bike: the Social Distandem (Bike Radar)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
Streetsblog has migrated to a new comment system. New commenters can register directly in the comments section of any article. Returning commenters: your previous comments and display name have been preserved, but you'll need to reclaim your account by clicking "Forgot your password?" on the sign-in form, entering your email, and following the verification link to set a new password — this is required because passwords could not be carried over during the migration. For questions, contact tips@streetsblog.org.
More from Streetsblog California
We Went to Sacramento Because Enough Is Enough
We were not there as professional lobbyists. We were there as people carrying grief, trauma, and urgency into the halls of power.
May 13, 2026
San Francisco Cuts Ribbon on Terry Francois Bikeway
The Port gap is closed in the Bay Trail through Mission Bay
May 13, 2026
Study: Trump’s Transit Proposal Would Cost the Country So Many Jobs — And Not Just in Cities
... but an increase in funding would be a job-creating juggernaut.
May 12, 2026
Only Porter and Steyer Would Spare Central Valley from More Oil Extraction…and Air Pollution
In a debate where the business environment received many more mentions than the actual environment, a majority of candidates pledged to support more drilling in the state.
May 12, 2026
