Today’s Headlines

• There are now more than 500 “bicycle-friendly” cities in the U.S. (Forbes)
• People are willing to pay more to live in a place where they can walk to things (Slate)
• How much commute time is saved when people work from home (World Economic Forum)
• We saved our homes with a community land trust (Next City)
• The best new bike lanes in the country (People for Bikes)
• San Francisco asks state to slow down deployment of driverless taxis (endgadget)
• New round of federal funds for clean transit announced (Planetizen)
• CA transit agencies to get $500 million (Smart Cities Dive)
• But operations funding is urgently needed (San Mateo Daily Journal)
• SMART allowed to resume construction of a 3-mile extension after court settlement with anti-tax group (Trains)
• Court rules that Minnesota can use California’s vehicle emission standards – as long as it does not adopt the plan to phase out gas-powered cars (Spectrum)
• Inland Empire residents want a moratorium on warehouses (Daily Bulletin)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF