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Tuesday’s Headlines

People on foot, bikes spend plenty at businesses; Marin approves 25-year transportation "vision"; Oakland wants to remove bus shelters; SacRT rolls out cameras on buses for parking infractions; More

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  • Bike riders and people on foot spend plenty of money in city centers (Dutch Cycling Embassy)
  • A Week Without Driving sparked a cultural shift (America Walks)
  • Podcast: How driving changes us (The War on Cars)
  • Sausalito approves plan for bike lanes, crosswalks (Marin Independent Journal)
  • Marin approves 25-year transportation plan (Mass Transit)
  • Santa Monica reports major jump in bus ridership, bike lanes (Santa Monica Next)
  • Oakland DOT wants to remove bus shelters for "safety" (Oaklandside)
  • Sacramento RT rolls out cameras on buses to ticket cars illegally parked at bus stops (KCRA)
  • New carpool lanes opening on Highway 101 near Santa Barbara (Independent)
  • Taylor Swift is one more proof that people want to be out and about among other people (Future of Where)
  • USDOT tool makes transportation equity data publicly available; Department seeks feedback (Smart Cities Dive)
  • Parents are creating their own ride-hail carpools to get kids to school (AP News)
  • Berkeley approves plan for housing at the North Berkeley BART station (Berkeleyside)
  • Coastal Commission approves plan to turn Great Highway into a park (SF Examiner)

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