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
8:52 AM PDT on November 3, 2023
- 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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