Today’s Headlines

8:42 AM PDT on October 23, 2020

BART facing serious service cuts and layoffs (SF Chronicle)
Regional shoreline park opens on remaining bit of old Oakland Bay Bridge (E'ville Eye)
Key walk and bike connector route in Marin set to begin construction (Marin Independent Journal)
Despite a few loud voices raised in opposition, low-traffic streets are popular (The Guardian)
CTC approves funding for state highway, rail, complete streets projects (CTC)
Drivers sue Uber for abusing power in Prop 22 campaign (SF Chronicle)
Court rules, AGAIN, that Uber and Lyft drivers are legally considered employees (Sacramento Bee)
Carbon taxes do not harm jobs, economy (Resources)
ExxonMobile claims shift but still funds climate deniers (Union of Concerned Scientists)
Electric cars are not enough by themselves (The Conversation)
Court allows US EPA to delay rules on limiting methane (SF Chronicle)

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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