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Tuesday’s Headlines

City of Sacramento did not invest in roads, but paid in lawsuits; Bus-only lanes on Vermont Avenue; There's a lot of money sitting around on unused transit cards; More

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  • City of Sacramento did not invest in road safety, but paid out for car crash lawsuits on dangerous streets (Sacramento Bee)
  • LA Metro to add bus-only lanes to Vermont Ave (Press Telegram)
  • Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus plans to expand its electric fleet (Santa Monica Daily Press)
  • There's a LOT of money sitting around on unused Clipper cards (Mass Transit)
  • LA officials ask Trump to help fund Olympics transportation projects (LA Times, Mass Transit)
  • CA legislature sets cap on number of bills its members can introduce (still too many) (CalMatters)
  • Big Oil's plan for GOP control (Field Notes)

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