Thursday’s Headlines

• Somehow LA Metro found a way to speed up buses and trains and add service (LA Times)
• Drivers trying to navigate around freeway closure bring bad air, bad traffic into the neighborhoods (LA Times)
• In San Francisco, APEC brings street and sidewalk closures and protests (SF Chronicle)
• Sunline Transit shares its experience – and struggles – with its hydrogen powered buses (Mass Transit)
• Stop calling it a “bailout” for transit (Newsweek)
• What happened to city foot traffic? (Marketplace, Gov Tech)
• Right turns on red are “under threat” (KTVQ)
• There’s a new generation of freeway fighters (Bloomberg)
• Plan for housing at Ashby BART station advances; “Air rights” option gave city leverage in negotiations (Berkeleyside)
• Update: Santa Monica Council backs more resources for Vision Zero (Santa Monica Next)
• Are carbon offsets doing what they claim to do? (PPIC)
• Homelessness is a policy choice (Governing)

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