Friday’s Headlines

Lack of oversight led to vote to close Antioch station; Lackey+ want to give HSR funds to gas vehicle owners; Pomona fwy will double in width; Cruise is back; More

By Melanie Curry

8:46 AM PDT on September 20, 2024

Image: Applied Information Group, via MTC

Santa Maria public transit showcases small buses (KSBY)
Bay Area MTC ready to unveil new, uniform transit maps, signs (KTLA)
Federal cut to interest rates could speed up transit projects (USC)
Opinion: Public transit is cleaner, faster (Gilroy Dispatch)
What SF's Valencia Street can learn from Telegraph Avenue in Oakland (KQED)
Lack of state and media oversight allowed the vote to close Antioch rail station (CalMatters)
"Buy America" raises its head in Brightline's Vegas-to-LA high-speed rail project (Bloomberg)
Lackey and other Republicans want to pull money from high-speed rail to give gas-powered vehicle owners cash payments (Fresno Bee)
California cities are not experiencing the same steep rises in congestion and driving at the rest of the country (SF Gate)
Freeway in Pomona will be twice as wide when expansion work is done (Daily Bulletin)
Project to relocate Hwy 101 ramps in San Mateo is scrapped (San Mateo Daily Journal)
Moorpark highway bridge needs a fence (Thousand Oaks Acorn)
Cruise to resume testing self-driving vehicles in California (Reuters)
Santa Monica begins next phase of outreach on future use of Santa Monica airport land (Santa Monica Next)
Farmers sued by California Forever developers are settling the lawsuits (KQED)

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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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