Today’s Headlines

8:37 AM PDT on August 31, 2020

Closing in on a new bill on COVID eviction protections (CalMatters, KQED)
Pandemic is hurting transit and its riders (CalMatters)
Napa and Sonoma look forward to wider highways, hoping congestion will disappear (Napa Valley Register)
How to buy an e-cargo bike (Outside)
Fremont to build ten miles of bike lanes (Mercury News)
Uber and Lyft could comply with California law, but they plan to fight it (MarketWatch)
California has been taking dramatic steps towards cleaning up emissions from trucks (LA Times)

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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New Legislation, Backed by Bike Safety Groups, Proposed to Regulate E-Motos/E-Bikes

“Electric bicycles are transforming how Californians get around, but the rapid rise of high-powered electric devices has created confusion that puts people at risk,” said Marc T. Vukcevich, Director of State Policy for Streets For All