Tuesday’s Headlines
Agreement reached on budget, including $$ for transit; Yet another study finds road widening is fruitless; State agencies think AVs are safe enough; More
8:44 AM PDT on June 27, 2023
- Newsom, Legislature reach agreement on budget (LA Times, Office of Gavin Newsom)
- …which includes transit funding from state (SF Chronicle)
- Yet another study finds that adding road capacity is fruitless (SSTI)
- More on proposed toll hike to support transit (Mercury News)
- State regulators disagree with SF over safety records of Waymo and Cruise AVs (SF Chronicle)
- CA gets $184 million in grants for zero and low-emission buses (The Verge, KTVU)
- AC Transit gets $25.5 million of that
- Construction begins on railroad barrier wall at landslide site (San Diego Union Tribune)
- States weigh mileage-based fees for road maintenance (Transport Topics)
- America’s auto-centric infrastructure is harmful to health (Greater Greater Washington)
- CA oversight committee on oil prices begins work (Sacramento Bee)
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