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Funding public transit is crucial to meet climate goals; The budget that passes today is a sham; Paris finds that emergency response times are faster with all those bike lanes everywhere; CA widening hwys widened with carpool lanes; More

By Melanie Curry

12:20 PM PDT on June 15, 2023

Image: Momentum Mag

Funding public transit is crucial for California climate goals (Legal Planet)
- If Bay Area transit fails, so will Bay Area theater (SF Chronicle)
- A guide to Bay Area’s complex transit options (SF Gate)
Why the CA Legislature will pass a “sham” budget today (CalMatters)
How cargo bikes are revolutionizing city transportation (Momentum Mag)
Paris finds that average emergency response times are much shorter with new bike infrastructure everywhere (Le Parisien)
San Diego celebrates opening four miles of new carpool lanes (San Diego Union Tribune)
- Montecito prepares begins work on a similar highway widening (KSBY, Independent)
California transit agencies establish a “road map” for using hydrogen in buses (SP Global.com)
Wildlife overcrossing proposed for Hwy 101 in Santa Cruz County (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
Palo Alto expects more development with end of parking minimums (Palo Alto Online)
CARB outlines future of cap-and-trade (Carbon Pulse)

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Melanie Curry

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