Monday’s Headlines
What transit agencies are dealing with; Oakland's Basic Mobility program is working; Zero emission trains and ferries; More
8:35 AM PDT on July 15, 2024
- The big issues transit agencies are dealing with (Smart Cities Dive)
- Oakland’s Universal Basic Mobility program to expand (LA Times)
- Meet the team that keeps Muni’s historic cable cars in shape (Mass Transit)
- Dumbarton Rail might be revived as bus corridor (Daily Journal)
- The country’s first zero emission train arrives in San Bernardino (LAist)
- First fully hydrogen-powered ferry debuts in San Francisco Bay (Marine Insight)
- Southwest Airlines plans to launch an electric “air taxi” service in California (Borneo Bulletin)
- How Europe’s pedestrian zones survive and thrive (Forbes)
- Two companies agree to settlement over gas price manipulation (San Diego Union Tribune)
- Portland prepares for its annual bike count (OPB)
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