Today’s Headlines

8:22 AM PDT on June 8, 2021

Are bike highways coming? (CityLab)
California's inaction on high-speed rail could kill it (CalMatters)
Bill on parking requirements could make investments in transit and housing go further (NRDC)
LA has a new plan to promote sustainable transportation (PR Newswire)
On long walks (The Big Issue)
Thoughts on the U.S. infrastructure plan from transportation expert Robert Cervero (California Magazine)
The flaws in California's cap-and-trade program (KQED)
A fuel cell bus on tour around California (Mass Transit)
Electric vehicles are much heavier than gas-powered ones (CNN)
On transportation, we must not return to "normal" (CommonWealth)
This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make cities better (Policy Options Politiques)

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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