Today’s Headlines

8:41 AM PDT on September 8, 2022

NACTO calls for major reform of bicycle laws, which don't keep bike riders safe (Cycling Weekly)
Podcast: What makes roads unsafe (NPR)
Santa Cruz advances Highway 1 project, including bus-only shoulder lanes (Mass Transit)
Muni expects to launch new Central Subway this fall (Mass Transit)
Bakersfield's air is bad, bus rides are free (Turn to 23)
Micromobility programs include equity goals, but don't track progress (Smart Cities Dive)
Another take on why CA's parking reform is a big deal (Governing)
LA County launches Universal Basic Income pilot (Route Fifty)
Pocket forests in the city (SacTown Magazine)
With state's help, PG&E met deadline to apply for federal funds to keep Diablo Canyon open (San Diego Union Tribune)
That text alert to cut power use helped avert blackouts (LA Times)

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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