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
8:42 AM PDT on April 10, 2024
- 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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