• Governments spend way WAY more on subsidizing climate-harming industries, practices than on offsets (Quartz)
• Palm Springs is working on improving pedestrian safety (NBC)
• Cars kill. Bike helmets don’t change that (Bicycling)
• Even freeways that don’t get built leave scars (LA Times)
• Freeways make expensive wildlife crossings necessary- construction on one begins in Santa Cruz mountains (Mercury News)
• Major service cuts on LA County bus and rail begin today (LA Times, Mass Transit)
• Bay Area transit is quiet, stations empty (Mercury News)
• Public transit inspires poetry (LA Times)
• Can Los Angeles shake its “anti-bicycling” reputation? (Momentum Mag)
• Two CA bills address street harassment (Yahoo)

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• More on Freedom to Walk act (SFBay.com)
• Orange County makes free youth bus passes permanent – for now (Voice of OC)
• A Utah experiment with free transit – to reduce air pollution – increases ridership (Town Lift)
• SF considers running its own public bike-share system (SF Chronicle)
• King County, WA, repeals 30-year-old bike helmet law after data shows it causes more harm than good (Cascade)
• Authorities seek suspect for stealing high-end bikes around Northern California (Bicycle Retailer)
• Federal report says BART extension to San Jose will take longer (Mercury News)
• Robots now delivering groceries in Pleasanton (Mercury News)
• Proposed solutions to the kerfuffle over UC Berkeley’s enrollment cap (CalMatters)
• States don’t want federal guidance on infrastructure spending (Pew Trusts)

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