Today’s Headlines

• The biggest safety threats to bicycle riders (Harvard Gazette)
• S.F. just had its worst year for road deaths since it planned to end them (SF Standard)
• Court ruling could unlock funding for new ferry terminal in Berkeley, more BART trains, bus rapid transit, Capitol Corridor upgrade (Berkeleyside)
• Sonoma County buys ten all-electric buses (Sonoma County)
• Kern County has three electric school buses, and wants more (Turnto23)
• Governor Newsom announces $2.5 billion in awards for public transit projects
  • L.A. gets a lot of it (Courthouse News)
  • Money will go to Bay Area projects including BART, Amtrak, Caltrain (Mercury News)
  • Peoplemover to Inglewood entertainment district gets $407M (Spectrum)
  • Yet transit agencies still struggle to close budgets (Smart Cities Dive)
• DMV begins talking about rules for self-driving trucks, and labor has thoughts (Spectrum)
• Justice Department seeks Tesla documents related to Autopilot, “Full Self Driving” (AP)
• Self-driving cars are “wreaking havoc” in San Francisco (SF Chronicle)
• Four states that are leading on climate (Environmental Defense Fund)
• Governor Newsom appoints new California Air Resources Board members (Sacramento Bee)
• Report: Local redistricting processes gerrymander to protect incumbents (Common Cause)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF