Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Today’s Headlines

Driver runs over girl, police blame “glare” (CBS Local) Protecting clean car, fuel standards is a moral imperative (Napa Valley Register) How clean air transformed American cities (Salon) Deadly air: the invisible killer (The Guardian) Scooters and data (LA Times) Trump removes protections on federal lands, opens them to oil, gas, coal extraction (Axios) San […]

Application deadline extended for ATP technical assistance (Safe Routes to Schools) Claiming that widening a highway will reduce emissions, without data (City Observatory) Berkeley planners call for more signs and paint as city grapples with spike in drivers hitting pedestrians and bicyclists (Berkeleyside) Redding plans electric express bus service to Sacramento airport; may run diesel […]

San Francisco’s dangerous streets: Where bicyclists and pedestrians get hit (SF Chronicle) Marin transit is happy with one-year results of on-demand shuttles (Marin Independent Journal) Merced roads to see safety improvements (Merced SunStar) UCLA forecasters see a “cooling” of California’s housing market, despite huge need (CNBC) Where housing construction is up, and where it’s down […]

A cyclist gets hit, and asks whether riding in the road is worth the risk (Outside) Senator Wiener makes sweeping changes to transit-housing bill (Curbed) Does this app map crime, or paranoia? (CityLab) Why lawsuits against cities for unsafe conditions aren’t making much of a difference (Planetizen) National bill would provide funds to measure accessibility […]

Study: Demand from white people causes most pollution, while people of color suffer most from it (NPR) On-demand shuttles coming to L.A.’s Westside (Patch) More on bike commute tax benefit proposal (Fast Company) Scooter companies are all about data (Politico) S.F.’s “Scenic Drives” are better as walks (KCBS) Pedestrian deaths are going up; “experts” dance […]

L.A. stands up for Venice road diet (LA Times) Bill would eliminate diesel trucks in CA (SF Chronicle) Gas tax raises almost $2 billion so far (Action News Now) Caltrain launches “Bikes Board First” policy (SFgate) Housing, climate on top of legislative agenda (The Sun) West coast states are already building a Green New Deal […]