Friday’s Headlines

LA doesn't know how good its transit is (but visitors do); How will CA transit agencies spend state aid? Electric buses in Merced, New SMART station, BART to get rid of paper tickets, More

By Melanie Curry

8:52 AM PDT on November 3, 2023

Photo: BART

Reflecting on 50 years of public transit in Silicon Valley (San Jose Spotlight)
L.A. residents don't know how good their transit options are - but visitors do (LA Times)
How will California transit agencies spend the money they will get from the state? (CalMatters)
Merced to get new electric buses (Merced Sun Star)
SMART to hold groundbreaking for new Petaluma North station next week (Patch)
BART is ready to get rid of paper tickets altogether (Mercury News)
Musk could build SF's downtown transit hub cheaper? Nah (SF Standard)
Sunline Transit, on the leading edge of hydrogen buses, discusses challenges it has faced (KESQ)
Cities trying to become safer for people on foot (Smart Cities Dive)
SF's Webster Street pedestrian bridge gets a refresh (NBC)
Sacramento readies Dry Creek Parkway trail expansion (Fox)
"Builders remedy" might be having the opposite effect of what's intended (Mercury News)
EPA will start enforcing clean freight rules (Transport Topics)

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Melanie Curry

@StreetsblogCal

Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, ever since commuting to school by bike long before bike lanes were a thing. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, editor of Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center, and earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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