Tuesday’s Headlines

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

By Melanie Curry

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)

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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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