Thursday’s Headlines
LA found a way to quickly speed up transit!? Drivers bring pollution into neighborhoods; Sunline talks about the difficulties with hydrogen; More
8:52 AM PST on November 16, 2023
- 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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