Today’s Headlines

  • Berkeley moves to get police out of traffic enforcement (Berkeleyside, SF Chronicle, NY Times)
  • New USPS truck design should be imitated (Curbed)
  • More on federal bill to create e-bikes incentives (The Verge)
  • Santa Cruz transit officials want vaccine priority for their drivers (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
  • Richmond wants to open a homeless RV site at mostly-empty Hilltop Mall (SF Chronicle)
  • Tiger Woods, driving too fast on a steep, curvy road, had a serious crash; Locals call for safety improvements (LA Times)
  • More on Berkeley’s ending single-family zoning (Sierra Club, Mercury News)
  • Mapping Black history puts racism on the map (Next City)
  • The strange and troubled history of pedestrian malls (Governing)
  • Report: Poorly timed red lights delay drivers (But why use timing to speed cars when it could, say, make biking safer?) (Smart Cities Dive)
  • Outcry over CA DA Association’s misspending state funds meant for prosecuting environmental violations (The Appeal)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF