Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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
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