Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:47 AM PDT on May 2, 2022
- Good morning! It’s Bike Month!! Which is a great time to remember to prioritize the climate crisis (IPCC)
- Highway crashes are far more expensive than congestion (Public Square)
- S.F.’s new BRT proves that giving transit priority makes transit work better (SF Chronicle)
- More on L.A.’s new “rapid bus” (LAist)
- In San Diego, scooter use is up again… so city plans a “crackdown” (San Diego Union Tribune)
- Introducing Sonoma County’s Bike Champion of the Year (Patch)
- Napa County embraces Bike Month (Napa Valley Register)
- Even Texas is revolting against freeways (The Guardian)
- L.A. mayoral candidates debate public transit, homelessness (CSULA)
- …a forum from which BLM activists were dragged away (LA Times)
- COVID cases on the rise (LA Times)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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