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

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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