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Foothill Gold Line Plans to Widen a Road Because of Delay to Car Traffic

By Joe Linton | Apr 17, 2019

Outdated LOS traffic metrics are making the Gold Line Construction Authority propose wrong-headed road widening in the historic heart of La Verne. Residents are vehemently opposed.

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Scooter Trips Surpass Docked Bike Share for the First Time

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 17, 2019

People took 38.5 million rides on e-scooters last year — just more than the 36.5 million logged by users of bike share systems.

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I-980 cuts West Oakland off from downtown. But maybe that can be fixed. Grist / Google Earth

Inside the Push to Tear Down an Oakland Freeway

By Nathanael Johnson | Apr 17, 2019

Scrapping I-980 seems like a no-brainer, but the historical argument for getting rid of it assumes the freeway is a legacy of mid-century attempts to build barriers around white middle-class neighborhoods. That’s true of several major freeways, but the story of I-980 isn’t so clear cut.

Today’s Headlines

By Melanie Curry | Apr 17, 2019

Tuolomne County plans to shift some of its gas tax funds to facilities, equipment, staffing (Union Democrat)
Downtown Sacramento to get “remote-controlled” cars this week (Capital Public Radio)
- What it’s like to ride them (Sacramento Bee)
Painted bike lanes are car magnets (Treehugger)
Little things that matter: Bus shelters (Pedestrian Observations)
Who and what is to blame for gentrification: an A-Z list (CityCommentary)
How to build NIMBY-proof homeless shelters: make them mandatory (CityLab)
State bill would allow tolls on the crookedest street (Curbed)
Pedestrian activists in Mexico dress up to battle for safer streets (CityLab)
Wildlife bridges over highways save lives–animals and human (National Geographic)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

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Study: Driver Behavior Shows Greater Need for Protected Bike Lanes

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 16, 2019

A new study finds drivers pass more than a foot closer on streets with bike lanes and parked cars. Physical barriers are needed, authors say.

Today’s Headlines

By Melanie Curry | Apr 16, 2019

Road diet in Silver Lake is a success and will stay, says LADOT (Curbed)
Oakland’s Scraper Bike team takes a spring infrastructure ride (Mercury News)
Map: U.S. counties where air pollution from traffic hurts kids the most–hello, California (The Conversation)
State program aims to help with that, funding clean transportation in vulnerable communities (Yuba.net)
Public transportation is transforming California’s housing market (HousingWire)
What it means that Uber finally admits it is competing with public transit (Long Beach Post)
Over sixty U.S. companies paid no taxes this year (Center for Public Integrity)
The economic argument for sprawl housing–crushed (Planetizen)
Phone addiction is a thing and drivers have it (Forbes)
S.F. reports its scooter pilot was a success (SF Chronicle)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

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South Central Gives Nipsey Hussle the Send-Off of a Lifetime

By Sahra Sulaiman | Apr 15, 2019

Few communities love harder than South Central.

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Nationwide E-Bike Suspension Due to Braking Issue

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 15, 2019

Setback for NYC's Citi Bike, DC's Capital Bikeshare, and Bay Area's Ford Gobike as entire e-bike fleet is grounded

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Parking Madness Final Four: Providence vs. Toronto

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 15, 2019

Incredible transformations in Providence in Toronto. But only one can go to the championship match.

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The Economic Value of Actually Following Through on a Bike Plan

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 15, 2019

Building out Kansas City's bike plan would add $500 million to the local economy and, save 36 lives a year, a new study finds.

Today’s Headlines

By Melanie Curry | Apr 15, 2019

Pedal-assist e-bikes pulled from bike-share systems in S.F. Bay Area, New York, and D.C. due to concerns about brake safety (NY Times)
LADOT announces transit service expansions, including DASH routes (NBC)
Metrolink to offer free rides on Earth Day (Highland News)
Chunks of cement keep falling from the Richmond-San Rafael bridge (CBS)
SF airport blames BART for a surge in homeless people seeking shelter (SF Chronicle)
Will CA tax returns shrink this year? How that could affect state budget (LA Times)
Intermodal (rail and truck) freight facility nearing completion near Barstow (Victor Valley Daily Press)
Scooter companies raise concerns about data they collect being in public hands (NBC)
Artists blame Caltrans for whitewashing mural (LA Times)

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