Wednesday’s Headlines

Gen Z has fewer drivers, and cities aren't ready; Remote work has changed travel patterns; CA exploring solar panels over aqueduct; More

By Melanie Curry

8:42 AM PDT on April 10, 2024

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Gen Z has fewer drivers and cities are not ready (Remain Places)
Has remote work changed travel in the US? Yes - especially affecting public transit (MIT News)
Highway 37 gets federal funds for widening in the name of "climate resilience" (PR Newswire)
Old BART cars being used for homes, shops, training (Mercury News)
Why did Antelope Valley Transit Authority abruptly cancel services on some EV buses? (KTLA)
Disneyland needs to make the move to electric, yesterday (LA Times)
Introducing the potential future Great Redwood Trail along the northern California coast (LA Times)
State is researching putting solar panels over the California aqueduct (Courthouse News)
It took Salt Lake City police a long time to notice that a series of hit-and-runs weren't "accidents" (Salt Lake City Tribune)

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Melanie Curry

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Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, ever since commuting to school by bike long before bike lanes were a thing. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, editor of Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center, and earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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