Today’s Headlines

8:44 AM PDT on July 7, 2020

Caltrans adopts action plan to increase walking and biking (SCV News)
Muni expects to lose many bus lines permanently (SF Chronicle)
Is it safe to get back on the bus? Transit agencies are figuring it out (SF Chronicle)
Riders are worried (World Economic Forum)
How to make a bike-friendly city (Popular Science)
Caltrans adds solar-powered charging stations along central coast highway (Transportation Today)
Three key takeaways from House Climate Crisis Action plan (NRDC)
Bay Area backyard cottages are booming, with a boost from COVID (SF Chronicle)
At least roadkill is decreasing (The Atlantic)
Uber, which has never made a profit, buys Postmates with lots of... stock (Bloomberg)
Lyft's driverless cars are back on the road in Palo Alto (Digital Trends)
San Diego company plans an autonomous freight network (Vox)

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.

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