Wednesday’s Headlines

California a model for climate change action; EVs can be greener; Painting for safety? More

8:48 AM PDT on July 26, 2023

Commentary: California is a model for climate change action (PPIC)
Electric vehicles can be made greener (USPIRG)
Cities are painting their way to safe streets (Route Fifty)
What research says about crosswalk safety (Good Men Project)
SF's Hayes Street to reopen to cars, and merchants are worried (SF Standard)
BART board set to discuss fare evasion bill (Contra Costa News)
Marin Transit gets $31.5 million federal grant to build an electric bus maintenance/charging facility (Patch)
Port of Oakland celebrates improvement projects (Port Technology International)
Oregon is ahead of California:
- Road-use charge program evolves (GovTech)
- Lawsuit against city of Portland for neglecting its bike plan moves forward (Bike Portland)

Find 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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