Monday’s Headlines
BART fares going up again; Making public spaces safe for children; Not all e-bikes are street legal; More
8:06 AM PST on December 2, 2024
- Caltrans grants $8.5M for “green” design for Sierra Madre Blvd median project in Pasadena (Pasadena Now)
- Electrifying Caltrain was a “game changer” (Railway Supply)
- Video: The future of US passenger rail, with Secretary Buttigieg (YouTube)
- BART fares are going up again (SF Chronicle)
- OCTA acquires forty hydrogen buses (Fuel Cell Works)
- How public spaces can be safer and more welcoming for children (The Conversation)
- Not all e-bikes you can buy are street legal (Independent)
- Has demand for clean energy been underestimated? (Vox)
- What is work-from-home doing to us? (Slate)
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