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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

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Thursday’s Headlines

Ok, the election dominates the headlines again. But for those just wanting the transportation news, at least I ran out of patriotic images of Ms. Marvel.

Damien Newton

November 5, 2026

Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)

The California DMV’s Culture of Obstruction

California’s DMV is responsible for managing some of the biggest risks on the state’s roads, but researchers say a culture of secrecy and obstruction makes it nearly impossible for the public to access basic information about dangerous drivers and disabled parking placard fraud.