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The outlook for Bay Area transit; San Jose's transit agency supports communities near its stations; Which is better - green subsidies or pollution taxes? More

8:23 AM PST on November 19, 2024

Electric charging roadway coming to UCLA. Artist rendering by Diego Alva; original photo by Lance Patacsil

  • The outlook for Bay Area transit post-election (KQED)
  • San Jose transit agency offers grants to support communities near its train stations (San Jose Spotlight)
  • SMART to pause service for a weekend to test new Petaluma Station (Patch)
  • UCLA receives $20 million to build CA's first wireless charging roadway (and expand campus bus service) (UCLA Newsroom)
  • Glendale is working towards deploying speed cameras (Outlook Newspapers)
  • Which is better, green subsidies or taxing pollution? (Energy at Haas)
  • CA to get a second "diverging diamond" interchange (SF Chronicle)
  • NHTSA announces a few new vehicle safety standards (Spectrum)
  • USDOT Secretary Buttigieg's legacy, and what's next (Fast Company)
  • Backlash to threat to tear out Toronto bike lanes (The Guardian)

Find more California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

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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