Today’s Headlines

• Some objected to the loss of a few parking places, but Berkeley’s Hopkins Street will get protected bike lanes anyway (Berkeleyside)
• BART to test out a global transit pass (KRON)
• Consumer Watchdog: Oil companies are price gouging (ABC)
• SF police are using driverless vehicles as surveillance tools (Vice)
• ICE sidestepped California laws to create a comprehensive surveillance system (LA Times)
• How to really solve traffic congestion (Planetizen)
• Urban streets that look like highways are deadly (OSU)
• Incentives have helped push electric vehicle purchases to 16% of all new vehicles sold in CA (Transportation Today)
• CARB considering changes to EV incentive programs (Spectrum)
• Governor Newsom proposes relief package (Office of Governor)
• Redlands approves housing development to replace mall (Redlands Daily Bulletin)
• State supreme court rejects challenge to SF’s eviction protection law (SF Chronicle)
• In S.F., one guy shines a light on anti-housing comments, live-tweeting meetings (The Atlantic)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

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