Today’s Headlines

• LA Times discovers battery-powered trains (but mentions it might not work for HSR)
• Court blocks sale of Caltrans property in South Pasadena (Pasadena Now)
• DeSaulnier on the federal transportation bill (Mercury News)
• Caltrans’ road building creates funding streams, but doesn’t solve congestion (Davis Vanguard)
• Union City’s controversial East-West Connector gets help from the state (Mercury News)
• State will fund more rebates for electric vehicles, but questions remain (SF Chronicle)
• Cities across Europe address gender divide in transportation (Bloomberg)
• COVID has not gone away (LA Times)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF