Thursday’s Headlines
Top climate scientists are alarmed but determined; Growing local transit, making it safe; Planning for car-free cities; What Malibu is doing to make PCH safer; More
8:27 AM PDT on May 9, 2024
- How top climate scientists are feeling about the environment (The Guardian)
- Infill stations can close transit gaps (Bloomberg)
- SMART ridership is setting records (Patch)
- Bakersfield’s Golden Empire Transit to extend service, buy zero-emission buses (Bakersfield Now)
- Metro needs to be safer; it also needs to be perceived as safer (LA Times, Torched)
- VTA to pay for new BART cars now, though BART to downtown San Jose is delayed (Mercury News)
- Contra Costa leaders are excited about autonomous microtransit (ABC7, KTVU)
- Link 21: A plan for multiple rail lines connecting the San Francisco Bay Area megaregion (We Build Value)
- San Francisco City College leaders don’t want a bike lane. Too bad (SF Standard)
- Car-free cities are the next big thing in urban planning (Momentum Mag)
- Next week: Bike to Work/Wherever Day (The Bay Link)
- People over parking (Reuters)
- What Malibu is doing to improve safety on Pacific Coast Highway (Fox 11)
- UP touts expanded freight rail service from the Inland Empire to Chicago (Supply Chain Drive)
- AARP and the League of American Bicyclists offer an illustrated guide to (some of) the different types of bikes available out there (AARP)
- Caltrans to install two wildlife undercrossings on Highway 395 (Caltrans)
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