Friday’s Headlines

Protected bike lanes now; E-bike safety courses available; Mapping evictions in L.A.; More

By Melanie Curry

8:31 AM PDT on September 1, 2023

Dream on: “California Forever”

A tragic death could have been prevented if Oakland's Grand Avenue had protected bike lanes (Oaklandside)
E-bike safety classes now available:
- A coalition of industry and advocacy organizations launches E-Bike Smart (Bicycle Retailer)
- CHP creates its own course (Spectrum News)
Benefits of putting cops on bikes (Government Fleet)
Billionaires release renderings of their vision for a new California city (Bloomberg, SF Chronicle)
Mapping where renters are being pushed out in L.A. (LAist)
CA will allow controversial Aliso Canyon facility to store more natural gas because prices (LA Times, CalMatters)
Utilities want to be able to charge customers for [unproven] carbon capture and [fossil fuel] hydrogen storage (Capital and Main)

Find more California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

@StreetsblogCal

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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