Today’s Headlines

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• Ten years of CicLAvia (The Planning Report)
• How California can lead the nation during COVID-19: Change transportation funding (ClimatePlan)
• Recent health and equity shifts that should be kept (California Health Report)
• If everyone wore masks, we could stop the spread of coronavirus (Daily Cal)
• But we can’t see people’s smiles anymore (SF Chronicle)
• Traffic is down, and air pollution too, but not as much (NPR)
  • And even that may not last (Capitol Weekly)
• How Yosemite might reopen sounds familiar: day-use reservations, restrictions on car traffic (SF Chronicle)
• Lyft has a temporary bike-share monopoly in San Francisco (Examiner)
• California will require Uber, Lyft to use electric cars (Green Car Reports)
• BART extension to San Jose – phase 1 – set to open in June. Finally (Mass Transit, Mercury News)
• Self-driving – er, remote-controlled – scooters are on the ground (The Verge)
• Six ways to make streets safer for pedestrians (The City Fix)
• Adjustments coming to gig-worker law: musicians, freelancers, coaches would be exempt (Sacramento Bee)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF