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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

A bus stop in Downtown Oakland. Photo: Jenna Fortunati

  • 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)

Find more California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry
@StreetsblogCal

Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, ever since commuting to school by bike long before bike lanes were a thing. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, editor of Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center, and earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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