Today’s Headlines

• 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