Today’s Headlines

8:26 AM PDT on October 6, 2021

It's Clean Air Day. Did you take the pledge?

Report on widespread wildfire smoke prompts legislation (Capital Public Radio)
Buellton builds a bicycle skills course (Santa Maria Times)
Ebike sales are growing fast (Electrek)
Which is better for you: Biking or walking? (Live Science)
Creative asphalt art projects (SmartCitiesDive)
Housing is a human right (US News)
Every town can be a scooter town (Slate)
San Francisco's public transit is still struggling, but people are using bikes and scooters (SF Examiner)
We need ethical standards for self-driving vehicles (Newsweek)
No, Dan Walters, the 85th percentile rule is not "scientific"; do some basic research instead of just fear mongering about speed traps (CalMatters)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

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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.

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