Tuesday’s Headlines
More money for e-bike incentives, maybe; Kern CO wants to talk about bike safety; LA is adding bus lanes; Electrifying Caltrain will be a fine, fine thing; More
8:05 AM PDT on October 3, 2023
- Building bike-friendly cities (Smart Cities Dive)
- CARB’s proposed budget includes more money for e-bike incentive program that is “coming soon” (CalBike)
- Community meetings on improving bicycle safety being held around Kern County (KGET)
- How to measure transit equity (Planetizen)
- Poll says Bay Area voters want transit but don’t want to pay for it (Mercury News)
- L.A. is adding bus lanes. A lot of them (Transit Center)
- Electrifying Caltrain will allow it to be much faster, more frequent, and more efficient (Fast Company)
- The U.K. fights over speed limits – but that horse may have left the barn (The Guardian)
- Comparing travel speeds and congestion in cities worldwide (Time)
- Why Santa Cruz is committing to hydrogen powered buses (Lookout Santa Cruz)
- Bill to plug abandoned oil wells would be “too expensive” for the well owners, say opponents (LA Times)
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