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5 recommendations for high-speed rail; Caltrans, stop building new freeway lanes already; "Data bikes" can collect information about bike path conditions; More

Bike path in Wilder Ranch State Park

  • Report: Five recommendations for high-speed rail (SmartCitiesDive)
  • Hey, Caltrans: Stop building new capacity for cars, it wastes money, it doesn't help anyone (Transform)
  • "Data bikes" can collect information about bike path conditions (Route Fifty)
  • Oakland experimenting with giving out transit debit cards (SF Chronicle)
  • Universal Basic Income programs are helping people all over the state (CalMatters)
  • State grant will allow AC Transit to expand zero emission buses, add charging facilities (Alameda Post)
  • What Shasta County plans to do with state transit allocation (KRCR)
  • Car-friendly neighborhoods are not kid-friendly neighborhoods (GG Washington)
  • Amazon says it reached its climate goals seven years early (maybe it should set some new ones) (NY Times)

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