Thursday’s Headlines

BART completes "Fleet of the Future" ahead of schedule, budget; Bay Area plan to make transit better; DOE goes all in for hydrogen electric buses; More

By Melanie Curry

8:28 AM PDT on July 25, 2024

San Diego Trolley by Photo: Rupert Essinger / Esri via Flickr

BART’s completes “Fleet of the Future” contract ahead of schedule, under budget; Second phase underway (Mass Transit)
Bay Area leaders release draft plan to make transit work better (Bay Area Metro)
Bus riders and drivers really like Petaluma’s fare-free system (Petaluma 360)
LA Metro board debates tap-to-exit, fare enforcement, weapon detectors (Press Telegram)
Cities need more frequent transit near more people (ITDP)
Escondido gets an update on plans for its new transit center – surrounded by freeways and parking? (Times-Advocate)
LA Metro to get $77 million, hopes for more, for electric buses (Mass Transit)
DOE signs agreement to bring 1000+ hydrogen fuel cell buses to California (Sustainable Bus)
Report: 157 million bike-share and scooter-share trips in U.S. and Canada last year (NACTO)
Report: Injuries from electric scooters and bikes, especially in urban areas, are up – but no mention of crash causes (cars don’t exist?) (Science Daily)
This “smart” intersection uses lidar to detect vehicles, people (Geo Week News)
Berkeley scales down major reform of single-family zoning (KQED)
Building housing near transit takes change at every level (Transportation for America)
A bankrupt apartment building was saved by turning it into housing for homeless people (LA Times)
CA cities rethinking policies on homeless after court ruling (CityLab)
Newsom orders homeless camp sweeps (NY Times, Office of the Governor)

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Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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