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Get ready for an uphill battle on climate, environment, rail... basically everything in CA; Nationwide transit ballot measures did well but not so much in CA; More

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  • CA faces an uphill battle on climate, environment with Trump win (LA Times)
  • Nationwide, transit ballot measures are doing well (Mass Transit)
    • But San Diego's Measure G to support transit is trailing (Axios, KPBS)
    • And SF's proposed tax on Uber, Lyft to fund transit has majority support but needs 2/3 (SF Examiner)
  • Placer County "traffic relief" tax measure for highways is falling short (Sacramento Bee)
  • Transit agencies nationwide turn to camera enforcement to keep bus lanes clear (GovTech)
  • SMART awarded $18 million to extend northward (RT&S)
  • Santa Monica gets $53 million to electrify buses, fund more service (Santa Monica Mirror)
  • How to fight e-bike backlash (CalBike)
  • San Francisco opens a new park on an old polluted waterfront site (Bay Nature)

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