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Other Headlines: Caltrans Putting More 710 Freeway Homes Up For Sale (LAist) Meet Bill Scott, Metro’s First Police Chief (LAist, LAT, Sentinel, KABC, KCAL) GoSGV REAP Equity Membership Offers Ebike Rentals for As Little as $75 a year or $6.26/month (Active SGV Socials) Update on Wildfire Legislation in Sacramento (SGV Tribune) Pasadena Reduces ADU Construction Fees (Pasadena Now) Metro Budget Hearing Scheduled For May 15 (Pasadena Now) CA Sues Fed Highways For Blocking EV Charging Grants (LAT, NBC4) Report Predicts $8 CA Gas Prices in 2026 (KABC) Spring Temperatures Soar (KNBC)
And here’s some Streetsblog stories from around the country from the past week:
Commercial passenger aviation has nearly zero passenger deaths per year compared to about 40,000 roadway deaths. That’s not a function of driving being inherently riskier — it is a function of what our leaders decide is “safe enough.”
Steve Hilton promises lower gas prices but ducks conversations on what the actual costs are in terms of pollution. Streetsblog breaks down the costs of saving eighteen cents per gallon by ending the Low Carbon Fuel Standard.
The impacts of the CARB on cap-and-trade cuts are starting to be noticed.
Open air drug bazaars in San Francisco are one thing that we can agree need to be fixed.
Commercial passenger aviation has nearly zero passenger deaths per year compared to about 40,000 roadway deaths. That’s not a function of driving being inherently riskier — it is a function of what our leaders decide is “safe enough.”
Steve Hilton promises lower gas prices but ducks conversations on what the actual costs are in terms of pollution. Streetsblog breaks down the costs of saving eighteen cents per gallon by ending the Low Carbon Fuel Standard.
Bay Area will officially have a chance to vote on transit’s fate.
