- New vehicles are too heavy for transporting across the country (Slate)
- Metrolink studying two potential new stations (Mass Transit)
- There's a bus from Santa Cruz to Big Basin Redwoods State Park this summer (California State Parks)
- Orange County considers moving cliffside railroad tracks inland (LA Times)
- Mt. San Antonio College in Inland Empire gets a new transit center (Daily Bulletin)
- High Speed Rail Authority receives $20 million for historic Fresno train depot (CAHSRA)
- Amtrak train derails in Moorpark (15 injured, no deaths) (Daily Bulletin)
- Encinitas declares emergency on bike safety; will spend $$ on a PR campaign, take a look at road design (San Diego Union Tribune)
- The death cult of the American car (The American Prospect)
- A bump in the bridge toll is only a partial route to transit agency survival (The Frisc)
- Wind and solar power are keeping the power grid in Texas from collapsing (Heated)
- Connecticut launches e-bike incentive program (CT Insider)
- Exit interview with Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (CalMatters)
- East Coaster struggles to get a handle on California (Vanity Fair)
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