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On-demand transit is too expensive, so SacRT offers smaller vehicles; Amtrak sets ridership, revenue records; More

8:50 AM PST on December 5, 2024

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  • Amtrak sets ridership, revenue records in 2024 (Smart Cities Dive)
  • SacRT's on-demand transit is too expensive, so agency will rebrand, use smaller vehicles (CapRadio)
  • Lompoc and Santa Maria want to hear from residents about unmet transit needs (KSBY)
  • Santa Cruz RTC set to share progress on rail and trail study this week (Mass Transit)
  • BART doesn't expect much help from the new federal administration (SF Chronicle)
  • Indigenous people snubbed at plastic pollution summit (Heated)
  • SF is nowhere near to building enough housing (SF Chronicle)
  • Study: The DMV ain't so bad, anymore (GovTech)

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Melanie Curry
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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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