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Monday’s Headlines

Brightline West breaks ground; Senate to hear safe street bills; Looking at old BART cars, old Ford buses; Seoul is testing self-driving buses; More

Brightline West rendering

  • Brightline West breaks ground (Washington Post)
  • Tuesday: Senate hearing on safe streets bills (CalBike)
  • Inglewood mayor wants to scrap transit agencies timeline for conversion to electric fleet (MSN)
  • LA is also rethinking its electrification timelines (Politico)
  • New state programs may stall under deficit budget (LA Times)
  • Seoul, South Korea is testing self-driving buses at night (BBC)
  • Photos of the first BART car (SF Chronicle)
  • Oh, the old Ford bus (The Autopian)
  • Can speed bumps keep drivers out of the bus lane? (Oaklandside)
  • New projects are so much sexier than maintenance, but maintenance keeps infrastructure safe (Governing)
  • Oakland's streets are unsafe for pedestrians (LA Post Examiner)
  • The hidden potential of bicycles (Resilience)
  • Tech entrepreneurs think they can fix the climate crisis (NPR)
  • Google maps introduces new transit, EV charging features (Planetizen)

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