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Be careful out there; What is actually affordable transportation? Caltrain, LA Metro see ridership growing; A few random bike-y things; More

Traditional holiday lights in Los Angeles

Safe and happy holidays to all.

  • It's gonna be a busy (awful) travel holiday (LA Times)
  • How food waste fuels climate change (LA Times)
  • What is the effect of transit oriented development on air quality? (Next City)
  • Planning for actually affordable transportation (Planetizen)
  • USDOT awards $6M to LA for pedestrian safety ahead of World Cup, Olympics (Transportation Today)
  • What were the lasting effects of the 1991 federal transportation bill ISTEA? (Exasperated Infrastructures)
  • What's behind Caltrain's remarkable growth in ridership (SF Gate)
  • LA Metro ridership still increasing - not necessarily due to commuters (Mass Transit)
  • Sacramento transit readies contactless tap-to-pay rollout (Mass Transit)
  • Random bike-y things for holiday entertainment (PinkBike)
  • SMART completes San Rafael path connection (Marin Independent Journal)
  • Trains, buses, and sidewalks: competing priorities in public transit (Governing)
  • CA EV rebates may not include Teslas (Transport Topics)

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