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

By Melanie Curry

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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