Today’s Headlines

8:28 AM PDT on June 4, 2021

San Diego considers removing parking requirements to save businesses money, reduce pollution (San Diego Union Tribune)
What one can learn biking through suburbia (Dezeen)
El Monte Union High School District embraces electric buses (CleanTechnica)
Investigation of shooting VTA light rail yard could delay all light rail service in San Jose for months (SF Chronicle)
Buttigieg recommends $2.5B for expanded transit (Transportation Today)
Cities re-imagine the role of police (SmartCitiesDive)
Opponents are louder, but voters in London quietly support low-traffic streets (The Guardian)

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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