Wednesday’s Headlines
Bay Area transit agencies face huge budget gap; Caltrain says power outage was due to outside interference; The risks of self-fulfilling travel forecasts; More
8:23 AM PDT on September 25, 2024
- Large Bay Area transit agencies are facing a huge budget gap (SF Examiner, ABC7)
- Bay Area transit agencies introduce new uniform signs and maps (East Bay Times)
- Caltrain says power outage that stopped trains was due to outside influence (KTVU)
- The risks of self-fulfilling travel forecasts (Planetizen)
- How and where climate change is already impacting transportation, water infrastructure (Pew)
- Construction on warehouse project stopped, for now – but houses have already been destroyed (LA Times, Daily Bulletin)
- States got a lot of federal pandemic aid, and many wasted it (Governing)
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