Today’s Headlines

8:26 AM PDT on September 10, 2021

The FTA is asking: What should be the criteria for transit funding? Weigh in! (Human Transit)
Parts shortage hampers maintenance of electric buses (SGV Tribune)
High-speed rail funding impasse threaten layoffs, delays (Merced Sun Star)
Advocates call for more transit funding in federal bill (Smart Cities Dive)
Competing local visions for redeveloping the A's stadium in Oakland (SF Chronicle)
Proponents push for another crossing under the San Francisco Bay (CBS)
Why the future of freight matters (Newsweek)
Is the coal industry behind the effort to revive a dead Northern California railway? (Salt Lake City Tribune)

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Melanie Curry @StreetsblogCal

Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, ever since commuting to school by bike long before bike lanes were a thing. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, editor of Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center, and earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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