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By Melanie Curry

8:30 AM PDT on June 26, 2018

Gas tax repeal qualifies for November ballot; backers promise to spend millions to get it passed (LA Times)
Sacramento is waiting for its streetcar money (Sacramento Bee)
Redlands Passenger Rail project expects to deploy a first-of-its-kind battery-operated locomotive (Whittier Daily News)
SF Bay Area to get a fuel-cell-powered ferry (SF Chronicle)
Port of Stockton will deploy a mobile electric power station (The Record)
It’s time for L.A. to put up or shut up about housing near transit (LA Times)
People of color are leading on climate, and CA lawmakers are lagging behind (Latino Rebels)
San Mateo, Facebook partner on improvements to Dumbarton transportation corridor (Construction Dive)
Silicon Valley bus drivers may lost their sleeping quarters (SF Chronicle)
MTC, ABAG want to hear your transformative transportation idea (PR Newswire)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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