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What transit agencies are dealing with; Oakland's Basic Mobility program is working; Zero emission trains and ferries; More

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)

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