Monday’s Headlines
Benefits from investments in walking and biking are giant; Inglewood people mover gets $1 billion federal commitment; Finding a way to cite driverless vehicles; More
8:45 AM PST on January 8, 2024
- Study: Benefits from walk and bike projects outweigh investments by at least ten to one (Ebikes International)
- New state law restricting parking near intersections goes into effect (SF Chronicle, CBS)
- Inglewood people mover gets federal commitment for $1 billion (LA Times, ABC)
- New bill calls for Bay Area transit agency consolidation (San Mateo Daily Journal, Contra Costa News)
- Legislator working on finding a way to regulate – and cite – driverless vehicles (SF Standard)
- Scooter company bankruptcies are alarming (Fast Company)
- The invisible railroad problem (Trains)
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