Wednesday’s Headlines
Fare capping is a thing; San Joaquin Regional Transit is doing fine; Evictions are rising; More
8:48 AM PDT on August 9, 2023
- Transit agencies are adopting fare capping policies (GovTech)
- San Joaquin Regional Transit has a nice operating budget to work with (ABC10)
- Government can be agile when it wants to be (Governing)
- E-bus manufacturer Proterra files for bankruptcy so it can “reorganize” (Metro)
- Here’s a map of where in the world governments are trying carbon pricing policies (Visual Capitalist)
- In Alameda, eviction filings are overwhelming the court (Oaklandside)
- Remote work offered some workers a reprieve from racism (LA Times)
- Even Zoom employees are being required to return to in-person work (SF Standard)
- A chemical used to reduce tire wear is killing fish (Mercury News)
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