Friday’s Headlines

• California is hanging transit out to dry (Transportation 4 America)
  • Hey, Newsom: Cutting transit funding is a really bad idea (NY Times)
  • Democrats say Newsom backed out of a deal to save transit (SF Chronicle)
  • San Francisco action briefly blocks free offramp to protest transit crisis (SF Standard)
  • The world is coming to SF. Will transit be ready? (SPUR)
• BART board votes to increase fares and parking fees (KTVU)
• Food banks also face a crisis (CalMatters)
• Police flex their muscle on state bills (LA Times)
• Nineteen states sue US EPA over California’s ban on future diesel truck sales, er, “radical climate agenda” (Transport Topics)
• DMV approves use of Mercedes-Benz “eyes-off” automated cars under specific conditions throughout CA (Reuters, Tech Crunch)

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