Tuesday Headlines

CAPTI falling short on promise; Transit havoc in SF, LA; Rail service expands between LA-Santa Barbara; How Fresno will spend its infra grant; More

By Melanie Curry

8:18 AM PST on November 7, 2023

CAPTI is falling short of its promise (California Bicycle Coalition)
APEC will create transportation havoc in San Francisco (SF Chronicle)
Metrolink to halt service for 4 days in December (LAist)
SF Transit Center improvements complete (Patch)
Hayward City Council to hear about AC Transit realignment plans (Hayward)
Rail service expands between LA, Santa Barbara (KTLA)
Passenger rail in the Northeast gets federal funding, while fight about rail funding goes on (Route Fifty)
How Fresno plans to spend a $300 million infrastructure grant (Fresno Bee)
San Jose wants to overcome its sprawl problem (KQED)
So many bikes: Lille, France, to create a dismount zone in pedestrian areas (Eltis)
Cities experiment with pedal-powered food delivery (GovTech)
Native Americans ask EPA to ban tire chemical that is killing salmon (Transport Topics)
Report: Billionaires aren’t doing sh!t on climate (Heated)
Does the CPUC need to intervene in state electricity rate-setting? (Capitol Weekly)

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