Today’s Headlines
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8:30 AM PDT on July 5, 2017
- Ridership on Metrolink’s southern extension is growing (Press-Enterprise)
- Parking lot operators use CEQA to slow LAX improvements (LA Times)
- Berkeley tries to solve a complicated intersection with a double roundabout and a distant bike-ped bridge (Berkeleyside)
- CTC allocates $593 million for road, transit projects (SCVNews)
- Bakersfield, Kern County get some money for wider roads, transit (Bakersfield.com,
23ABC) - Santa Barbara transit gets funds for free passes, transit service expansion (Santa Inez Valley News)
- Caltrans sees more money in its future (LA Times)
- Bakersfield, Kern County get some money for wider roads, transit (Bakersfield.com,
- As U.S. fantasizes, the rest of the world builds high-speed rail (The Transport Politic)
- Time to make Uber a cooperative (Salon)
- Seattle considers a bike license fee, but should learn from the past (Seattle Times)
- How Barcelona is reducing car trips (Cities Today)
- Elon Musk’s tunnel is sounding more like transit (Curbed)
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