Today’s Headlines

8:17 AM PDT on April 6, 2021

The boring old Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices is finally getting some needed attention (RollCall)
Bay Area girls lead campaign against harassment on transit (Bloomberg)
Fossil fuel tax programs to cut emissions lead to industry profit but not much climate benefit (Desmog)
Why jaywalking laws need to come to an end (NY Daily News)
BRT in San Berdoo to get $87m from feds (Daily Bulletin)
Caltrans awards grants for safety upgrades in Inyo, Mono counties (Sierra Wave)
Kern County gets money for pedestrian safety projects (KGET)
Oregon sues USDOT: Why did you let this awful project go ahead? (Bike Portland)
Smart Growth America takes a deep dive into Biden infrastructure plan
Myths and truths about interstate highways (The Metropole)
Lots of business made huge profits in 2020; Some paid $0 in fed taxes, including Salesforce (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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