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
8:34 AM PDT on April 22, 2024
- 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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