Tuesday’s Headlines
BART train derails; Can't give a ticket to a driverless vehicle; Nationalize Greyhound; US preparing to expand its size; More
8:19 AM PST on January 2, 2024
- BART train derails, BART working to get line open for Tuesday commute (KQED, SF Chronicle)
- Santa Cruz Metro rolls out extended routes, more buses (Lookout)
- Driver arrested for assault after failed attempt to ram Rose Parade – barriers prevented disaster (Daily Bulletin)
- Can’t give a traffic ticket to a self-driving car (Mashable)
- Was there a decline in U.S. travel, or is the data bad? (City Commentary)
- California is killing AC Transit (SF Chronicle)
- Nationalize Greyhound (Jacobin)
- 2023 weather extremes, seen from space (Yale)
- Three of California’s biggest polluters are refineries in the Bay Area (SF Chronicle)
- Musk’s fake Hyperloop is dead (BBC)
- US prepares to expand its area, into oil-rich seas (Big Country News)
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