Wednesday’s Headlines

Bike Month begins; Transit dangers; Yolo causeway project "not air quality concern" and Sacramento gets an F in air quality; Universal basic income could get a lot of people off the streets; More

By Melanie Curry

8:35 AM PDT on May 1, 2024

Image from Roman Holiday

What if LAX had great wayfinding? (Torched)
It's Bike Month! Santa Monica, for one, has a full calendar of events (Santa Monica Next)
How to start riding a bike to work (at UCSF)
Breaking down the rising costs for BART to San Jose (Pedestrian Observations)
Transit dangers are scaring away riders (Pasadena Star News)
Metro train collides with bus (AP)
Read the final EIR for LA Metro's Eastside Transit Corridor Phase 2 - East LA to Lambert (The Source)
Ferry service between Sausalito and SF to be restored soon (SF Chronicle)
US EPA, FHWA determine that Yolo Causeway project is not of air quality concern (Davis Enterprise)
Air quality: Sacramento got an F (Sacramento Bee)
Oil industry knew its climate "strategies" wouldn't work (Washington Post)
After pause, Santa Cruz County Supervisors vote to accept grant for rail trail segments (KSBW, Santa Cruz Sentinel)
Universal basic income could get thousands off the streets (LA Times)
California's land-based climate solutions (Smart Cities Dive)
The ZEV transition is happening in California (Spectrum)

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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