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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

8:46 AM PDT on September 20, 2024

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  • 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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