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Transit funding will help people; SF has a lot of red-light runners; Breed says "give them bus tickets out of town"; More

By Melanie Curry

8:41 AM PDT on August 2, 2024

Photo by J. Stephen Conn via Flickr

Underserved communities will benefit from transit funding (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Some planned LA transit projects won’t be finished by the 2028 Olympics (NBC)
- Unlike Paris, which built bike lanes for the Olympics (Streesblog USA)
- But fossil fuel use worldwide still made the games hotter (Heated)
TransLink employee completes Vancouver-to-Tijuana journey on public transit (Vancouver Sun)
Cupertino to upgrade bike lanes along DeAnza Boulevard – with more paint (San Jose Spotlight)
SF drivers get a lot of tickets for running red lights, even knowing about cameras (SF Chronicle)
Laguna Beach considers charging for parking to help control demand (LA Times)
Autonomous vehicle updates (Transport Workers Union)
Autonomous shuttle debuts in Walnut Creek (The Press)
CA lawmakers working on a legislative package to speed up solar, wind energy (CalMatters)
An alternative to speculation and higher housing costs (CalMatters)
SF Mayor Breed: Offer people without houses a bus ticket out of town (SF Standard)
SF “crackdown” on unhoused: RV dwellers, families don’t know where to go (SF Standard)

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Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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