Friday’s Headlines
Plastic pollution is growing; September is a big Transit Month celebration in SF Bay Area; BART asks the public how to make its station areas safer; More
8:42 AM PDT on September 6, 2024
- Humans produce 57 tons of plastic pollution every year. Every. Year. (AP)
- September is Transit Month in the Bay Area, and there’s lots happening (The Bay Link)
- BART to conduct public outreach on how to make its station areas and approaches safer (East Bay Times)
- SamTrans service slowed by bus driver sickout (KRON)
- New law will allow Santa Monica buses to ban problematic riders (Santa Monica Lookout)
- Caltrain electrification is a win for sustainable transportation (San Jose Spotlight)
- California is on the forefront of easy transit payment (Route Fifty)
- Will a second try at banning testing autonomous big rigs without human drivers work? (Transport Topics)
- Berkeley city councilmember proposes legislation allowing city to clear homeless encampments without offering alternative shelter (KQED)
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