Friday’s Headlines

BART, ferries paused during tsunami warning; Controversial SURF! Busway moves forward; Lake Tahoe considers a "flying" ferry; More

By Melanie Curry

8:22 AM PST on December 6, 2024

BART, ferry services pause briefly after earthquake, tsunami warning (CBS)
Controversial SURF! busway in Monterey moves forward (KAZU)
No SMART service next weekend (Dec 14-15) for testing, construction (North Bay Business Journal)
Lake Tahoe considers a hydrofoil ferry to get people around congestion (Mass Transit)
County Board of Supervisors approves funding for expanded winter shuttles, expanded transit service at Tahoe (Placer County)
UC Riverside campus bus ridership has risen sharply (Inside UCR)
What Trump's election could mean for California's High-speed Rail Program (Forbes)
What's the biking equivalent of 10K steps a day? (Cycling Weekly)

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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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