Monday’s Headlines

Caltrain rolls out electric trains; Crackdown on fares in San Diego; Car-free 2028 Olympics; Where are unhoused supposed to go? More

By Melanie Curry

8:55 AM PDT on August 12, 2024

Photo: SAMCEDA

Caltrain starts rolling out its electric trains; all trains to be electric by September 21 (East Bay Times, ABC7)
Crackdown is coming on free and reduced-fare transit passes in San Diego (San Diego Union Tribune)
LA Mayor Bass: 2028 Olympics venues will only be accessible via public transit (NY Times, The Express Tribune)
What a Trump presidency could do to California high-speed rail (SF Chronicle)
Unhoused to Governor Newsom: "We gotta be somewhere" (CalMatters)
How Newsom's encampment-clearance order is working out (San Diego Union Tribune)
Do LA residents want sprawl? (CNU Public Square)
Is your commute harming your health? (The City Fix)

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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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