Wednesday’s Headlines
Brightline LA-to-Vegas promises quick construction; LA Metro buses set to test camera enforcement of bus lane obstruction; Why are we still knocking down houses to build freeways? More
8:06 AM PDT on April 24, 2024
- Safety bill amended to call for passive rather than active speed governor tech (SF Chronicle)
- Brightline promises quick construction on LA-to-Las Vegas high-speed rail route (LA Times, Smart Cities Dive, Mass Transit)
- LA Metro buses to begin testing automatic cameras to ticket cars parked in bus lanes (LA Times)
- Waymo driverless taxi drove two blocks on wrong side of street “for safety reasons” (SF Chronicle)
- Climate change is disrupting our sense of home (Vox)
- Why are we still knocking down home to build highways? (Frontier Group)
- Why did cars get so expensive? (The Atlantic)
- Conservatives want to end universal basic income programs, ignoring evidence that they help (Governing)
- MLB demands public funding for a Las Vegas stadium (LA Times)
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