Wednesday’s Headlines
The calm pleasure of riding a bus; What we invest in shows what we care about; Why building public transit is so expensive; Budget news; More
8:51 AM PDT on June 28, 2023
- Riding the bus can be a real pleasure (Knee Deep Times)
- What are we investing in? That’s where our values are (Planetizen)
- Why building public transit in the US costs so much (NPR)
- Making streets safer by getting people out on bikes in Oakland (Oaklandside)
- Signed budget includes $5 billion for transit (KRON4, SF Standard, SF Examiner)
- Newsom’s push for Delta Tunnel project got left out of budget deal (Sacramento Bee)
- Study finds benefits of pandemic parklets went far beyond health, well-being (UCLA Luskin Center)
- Giant one-way stroad in Central Bakersfield gets a pedestrian crossing beacon (Turn to 23)
- Now they’ve done it: Here’s a (working) bike without wheels (Laughing Squid)
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