Thursday’s Headlines

• The benefits of good transit go way beyond riders (State Smart Transportation Initiative)
• Sonoma and Marin counties work to coordinate, improve transit (Marin Independent Journal)
• Funding outlook for SF Muni is bleak (SF Chronicle)
• Sebastopol is reimagining its downtown core (Sebastopol Times)
• Metro offers an update on east San Fernando Valley light rail (San Fernando Valley Sun)
• In Santa Barbara region, public is asked to weigh in on transit needs (Noozhawk, Independent)
• Fresno looks for public input on planned update to Active Transportation Plan (Your Central Valley)
• Climate consequences of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (Transportation for America)
• The urban-rural divide over highway expansion and emissions (Bloomberg)
• Oh dear. Transitioning to clean fuels might cost money (New York Times)
• San Mateo becomes first county to create a plan for autonomous vehicles (The Almanac)
  • NACTO has also come up with principles for autonomous vehicles
• Some want Newsom to deploy CHP on BART (SF Chronicle)
• New York governor announces she’ll approve congestion pricing, after all (Gothamist)

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