Monday’s Headlines

Reckless policies encouraged giant cars; Who should control AVs? E-bikes need more and bigger lanes; More

8:36 AM PDT on April 29, 2024

The reckless policies that led to filling streets with oversized cars (Vox)
Who should control AVs? A "wrestling match" in California (Tech Crunch)
Businesses are getting people killed (Darrell Owens)
San Diego airport offers a free shuttle (San Diego Union Tribune)
E-bikes need more and bigger bike lanes (Santa Barbara Independent)
CAHSRA offers a peak at designs for high-speed trains (The Cool Down)
Steelhead trout's endangered status could save Southern California's rivers (Daily Bulletin)

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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