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The size of CA's freeway budget; Support a bill to create more "quick-build" projects; You can own an old Caltrain locomotive (engine not included); More

The 710 Freeway. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

  • Podcast: The size of California's freeway budget (KPBS)
  • CalBike urges support for a bill that would encourage "quick-build" safety projects
  • Cargo bikes are hugely popular in London (Planetizen)
  • You can own a decommissioned Caltrain locomotive (diesel engine not included) (ABC7)
  • Marin transit approves a slow rollout towards a somewhat zero-emission fleet (Mass Transit)
  • How states are funding local roads in an era of EVs (CA charges EVs a fee) (Governing)
  • Five CA transit agency - now including VTA - are permitted under state law to ban "troublesome" riders (KRON4, SF Gate)
  • Congress could make it easier for small cities to get transportation funding (Route Fifty)
  • Data centers are sucking up a LOT of power (LA Times)
  • The climate whoppers told by Musk and Trump (Heated)
  • Judge rejects environmental lawsuit against Dodger stadium gondola project (Mass Transit)
  • For some - in San Francisco, for example - November's ballot will be a big one (SF Standard)
  • Expect more hostile architecture as a "solution" to homelessness (Wired)

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