Today’s Headlines

8:29 AM PDT on June 15, 2020

New bill would fast-track sustainable transportation (SF Chronicle)
It makes economic sense to spend high speed rail money in the Central Valley (Air Quality Matters)
Travel still down in Sacramento, Stockton region (Capital Public Radio)
Gas tax is going up, on schedule, by 3 cents. Some look for excuses to freeze it (LA Times)
BART opens San Jose extension (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
Fixing the post-COVID commute (Grist)
Corona Cycleways are a thing (NY Times)
Data shows no connection between transit, virus spread (The Atlantic)
Big gaps in data collection prevent understanding COVID's real impact on Black communities (Politico)
Fifty years of the Clean Air Act (Resources)
USDOT plans to send masks to transit agencies (Reuters)
Lessons from the pandemic: Valuing public transportation (Planetizen)

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.

Stay in touch

More from Streetsblog California

Ride-hail

Report: Half of Uber, Lyft Trips Replace More Sustainable Options

Researchers at UC Davis have found that more than half of ride-hail trips in California replace walking, biking, carpooling, and public transit trips, or are trips that otherwise wouldn't happen. They have ideas to make it more sustainable.

Melanie Curry

August 30, 2024

Santa Monica

In October, Santa Monica Will Lower Speed Limits on 29 Streets – and Raise it on One

Based on Council procedures, the changes require a second vote that should occur at the September 10 meeting, with changes going into effect 30 days later.