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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

Image: BART

  • 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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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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