Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

By Melanie Curry

9:04 AM PDT on March 18, 2016

Partial BART shutdown to continue indefinitely as aging system struggles to fix problems (SF Chronicle)
- More about yesterday’s BART tweetstorm (SF Chronicle)
DC’s Metro is also suffering problems from underfunding (Economist)
- and this is what Metro found when it closed for inspection (Greater Greater Washington)
State auditor report criticizes Caltrans spending (Sacramento Bee)
Assembly committee head tours high speed rail sites (Fresno Bee)
US EPA rejects Air Management District plan as ineffective (LA Times)
Super long commutes are neither common nor growing (City Commentary)
Encouraging fine-grained development (Strong Towns)
Here’s a bike to rival a monster truck (but why?) (Guinness World Records)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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