Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
9:09 AM PDT on May 7, 2015
- Three separate problems—a broken rail, a helium balloon hitting a power line, a man on the track–caused major delays on BART yesterday (SFGate) (Contra Costa Times) (Lamorinda Patch)
- …and Uber prices surged (CBS)
- Sacramento considers its streetcar plan (Sacramento Bee)
- Bakersfield will use Caltrans grant to improve bus stops (Bakersfield Californian)
- Modesto considering changes to downtown parking plan that aren’t entirely Shoupian (CBS)
- Mountain View prepares to release development rights to tech companies (Silicon Valley Business Journal)
- A New Yorker tries to navigate LA by transit (NY Times)
- San Francisco to build a raised bike lane (CityLab)
- High tech solutions prevented Carmageddon when Santa Monica closed the Incline (Santa Monica Lookout)
- This is how bills get passed in Sacramento (KQED)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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