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Voters approve LA's Measure HLA for bike and bus lanes; Some passenger rail service returns to dan Clemente area; What Bay Area residents want in terms of transportation; More

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  • Voters approve measure to support bike and bus lanes in LA (LA Times)
  • What Bay Area residents want transportation-wise (KQED)
  • Bay Area: Caltrans district wants to hear from you about public transit (The Bay Link)
  • Some Amtrak service to resume along San Clemente tracks (LA Times, PR Newswire)
  • More on new railway cars for San Joaquin route (Railway Age)
  • Unitrans' 100 millionth rider gets a lifetime pass (now she can never move away from Davis) (UC Davis)
  • San Bernardino Transit Center is a key connector for buses, trains in Inland Empire (The Sun)
  • More on new Transit Equity tool (Local News Matters)
  • Santa Monica plans police crackdown on traffic violations (Santa Monica Lookout)
  • There's a black market for greenhouse gas-emitting refrigerants (New York Times)

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