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LA's rich transit history is a blueprint for the future; How William traveled from Vancouver to Tijuana on public transit; San Diego transit ridership is rising; More

The Google Bike. Photo from DC Rainmaker

  • LA has a rich public transit history it can as a blueprint for a car-free Olympics (Finance-Commerce)
  • SMART to expand electric shuttle service around county (Patch)
  • William's trip from Vancouver to Tijuana on public transit: how he did it (Buzzer)
  • More San Diegans are using buses and the Trolley (Fox5)
  • Santa Rosa plans to lower speed limits on some streets (Press Democrat)
  • The impact of grants to make cities more walkable (Planetizen)
  • After rejecting a stop sign and a crosswalk, La Jolla rejects just a crosswalk as "too dangerous" (San Diego Union Tribune)
  • Protecting bay lands from sea level rise is a complicated business (Knee Deep Times)
    • Maybe BART's tunnel into San Jose can provide mud to help restore South Bay marshes (Knee Deep Times)
  • Solano Land Trust opens a new park in Fairfield (Times-Herald)
  • An in-depth review of the Google Bike (DC Rainmaker)

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