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Today’s Headlines

8:34 AM PDT on March 14, 2023

    • Distracted driving is killing and maiming us (LA Times)
    • The view on pedestrian safety from Oahu (Honolulu Civil Beat)
    • America's highway system is a monument to environmental racism (KQED)
    • Could BART disappear? (SF Chronicle)
    • Students took over 10 million free transit rides in 8 months on LA Metro (Daily News, The Source)
    • Feds recommend funding for transit projects, including four in California (Federal DOT)
    • Rail news for California (Railway Age)
    • CA court mostly upholds Prop 22, classifying Uber and Lyft drivers as gig workers (CalMatters, NY Times)
    • Student housing solutions face roadblocks (LA Times)

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