Thursday’s Headlines

Metrolink says nay to electrification any time soon; Lots of money going out for transportation projects (highway widenings and some sidewalks); That little water shuttle between Oakland and Alameda is really popular; More

By Melanie Curry

8:49 AM PDT on August 22, 2024

An ACE train heading through the Altamont Pass to Levi’s Stadium. Photo by Kabelleger / David Gubler via Wikimedia.

It's too expensive! It's too hard! Metrolink says they not going electric any time soon (KTLA)
Not enough bus drivers: Lake County transit forced to cut bus service (Lake County News)
Levi's Stadium renews partnership with ACE train (Mass Transit)
Little Oakland-Alameda water shuttle is awfully popular (The BayLink)
State contest: How are you a traffic safety champion? Win $$! (Mountain Democrat)
Transportation money going out:
- $5M from the California Energy Commission for SF Bay Ferry electric charging system (RTO Insider)
- $8.2M to West Hollywood for a Sustainable Transportation and Equity Program (STEP) grant for transit, bike, and pedestrian projects (WEHO Times)
- $6M from state (SB1) and federal (BIL) programs to SF Bay Area transportation projects (Patch)
- Wider highways and new sidewalks in Tulare and Fresno (The Sun Gazette)
Mayor of Gilroy touts coming road widenings as "significant improvements" (Gilroy Dispatch)
A "livability strategy" for downtown Sacramento (DowntownSac)
Results from most recent cap-and-trade auction: Sold out, price declined (Environmental Defense Fund)
UK leaning towards allowing local jurisdictions to lower speed limits to 20 mph (Bloomberg)
A cross-continental race, from London to Albania, using only public transit (Bloomberg)
Bill to force Google and Meta to pay journalists for content they use killed, replaced by funding agreement (CalMatters)

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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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