Tuesday’s Headlines
BART faces big deficit; Hollywood Bowl says "take the bus"; Changing road engineering's approach to safety and speeds; More
8:45 AM PDT on April 2, 2024
- Changing the approach to road safety and safer speeds (Eno Transportation)
- Why do so many fire departments oppose safe street infrastructure? (Thesis Driven)
- Can a (foam) brick keep a pedestrian safe crossing the street? (Daily Hive)
- Hollywood Bowl will cut parking space; take the bus (Deadline, Yahoo!)
- New bill in Congress could increase transit operations funding (Spectrum)
- BART faces a $26 million deficit next year (SF Chronicle)
- Plans for high-speed rail stations revealed (The Cool Down)
- Report: Challenges with California EV policies (Transportation Today)
- Raising the price of emissions in California – who should feel the pinch? (Energy Institute at Haas)
- EPA issues new clean truck rules, not as strict as California’s (LA Times, NPR)
- “Self-driving” big rigs are here (Washington Post)
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