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

By Melanie Curry

8:42 AM PDT on September 6, 2024

Transit Month

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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Melanie Curry

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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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