Skip to Content
Streetsblog California home
Streetsblog California home
Log In
Thanks to our advertising sponsor -
Keep bus lanes for buses. Today's stories are presented by HaydenAI
Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

8:45 AM PST on February 4, 2021

    • U.S. cities are vastly undercounting their greenhouse gas emissions (NY Times)
    • Saving transit is key to an equitable recovery (CalMatters)
    • California is way ahead on electric vehicles (TT News, US News)
    • New CARB chair is not impressed with GM's vows on electric vehicles (KQED)
    • The invisible pandemic of pedestrian deaths (Rice Kinder)
    • One person almost - but not quite - succeeded in preventing e-bike-share in Santa Barbara (Independent)
    • Caltrans District 2 (Redding area) asking for public input on active transportation facilities (Action News Now)
    • Amazon's electric vehicles delivering in L.A. area (EndGadget)
    • Zoning prevents low-emission neighborhoods (Transportation for America)
    • Toyota dealership building housing on its car lot (Fast Company)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry@StreetsblogCal

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

Sign up for our free newsletter

More from Streetsblog California

Transportation Funding

Sudden State Funding Freeze Leaves Transit Agencies Hanging

Transit agencies were caught off guard by a 60-day funding freeze announced on the day they were expecting the allocations

May 3, 2024
Streetsblog USABicycling

Friday Video: How to Make Places Safe For Non-Drivers After Dark

A top Paris pedestrian planner, a leading GIS professional, and Streetsblog's own Kea Wilson weigh in on the roots of America's nighttime road safety crisis, and the strategies that can help end it.

May 3, 2024
Streetsblog Los AngelesPedestrian Fatalities

LAPD Was Crossing Against Red Light in Crash that Killed Pedestrian and Injured Six in Hollywood

The department says the officers had turned on their lights and sirens just before crossing. Their reasons for doing so remain unknown.

May 3, 2024
Streetsblog USAHighway Widening

Wider Highways Don’t Solve Congestion. So Why Are We Still Knocking Down Homes for Them?

Highway expansion projects certainly qualify as projects for public use. But do they deliver a public benefit that justifies taking private property?

May 3, 2024
See all posts