Today’s Headlines
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8:40 AM PST on December 3, 2021
- Bakersfield GET bus embarks on study to improve transit (23ABC)
- AC Transit adds a bit more bus service as riders return (SFBay)
- Yup, there definitely are more driverless cars in San Francisco (KQED)
- BART adds 850 parking spaces at suburban Antioch station (Local News)
- Wayfinding – not using cell phones – is super important, but needs to be done correctly (Metropolis)
- All of the cities on list of California’s “worst commutes” are car-dependent exurbs (KPVI)
- Things to celebrate in infrastructure bill (Transportation For America)
- Coalition sues EPA over air quality in Central Valley (Capital and Main)
- For true “relief” from high gas prices, take the profit from oil companies and give it away (The Hill)
- California has no water (SF Chronicle)
- People believe shelter is a basic human right, but don’t necessarily want to pay for it (LA Times)
- An idea for trading nutrients between regions to tackle pollution and food insecurity (Anthropocene)
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