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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

By Melanie Curry

8:36 AM PDT on August 23, 2024

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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Melanie Curry

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