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Friday’s Headlines

SF unveils weak bike plan; MTC finds emergency money for Bay Area transit agencies; CARB readies to work on cap-and-trade update; More

ten or so bike riders waiting for a green light on Market st in SF

Market Street in San Francisco

  • LA is a walking town (LA Times)
  • SF unveils new citywide bike plan, with no deadlines or guarantees (SF Chronicle)
  • MTC finds $300 million in emergency funding for Bay Area transit agencies (Mass Transit)
  • Caltrans receives $19M for passenger and freight rail improvements in the Central Valley (Caltrans)
  • Santa Clara VTA to launch speed and reliability improvement program (Mass Transit)
  • SF Muni launches grant-funded on-demand shuttle service in Bayview Hunters Point (KQED)
  • Don't park at the corner: that's how to avoid a parking ticket under new "daylighting" law (SF Chronicle)
  • After its vote on low carbon fuel standards, all eyes are on CARB's upcoming cap-and-trade updates (Politico)
  • Suisun city approves giant warehouse project (Daily Republic)
  • California state budget is "roughly balanced"… for now (CalMatters)

Find more California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

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