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Feds grant $45M for bike and ped projects; Where transit grew in 2024; Newsom pumps HSR; Newly redesigned SacRT station opens in Folsom; More

Image: SacRT, via KCRA

  • Federal administration announces $45M in grants for bike and pedestrian projects (Federal Highway Administration)
  • Legislators ask Biden and Senate for public transit funding ahead of federal transition (San Bernardino Sun)
  • SacRT opens newly redesigned Glenn Station in Folsom (KCRA)
  • Bakersfield's GET bus expands some weekday service (Bakersfield Now)
  • Where transit grew in the U.S. in 2024 (The Transport Politic)
  • Giant SUVs are a public safety threat. Why don't we treat them as one? (Vox)
  • California's first carbon capture project will give tax breaks to oil extraction company in Kern County (Hydrocarbon Engineering)
  • Newsom pumps high-speed rail, connection to Brightline (LA Times, SF Chronicle)
  • State budget looks fine, says Newsom (SF Chronicle)
  • Former Congressmember Barbara Lee will run for Mayor of Oakland (SF Standard)
  • New Assemblymember Shultz (D-Glendale) to chair Public Safety Committee (Sacramento Bee)
  • Biden to designate two new national monuments in California (AP)
  • Can Americans learn to love roundabouts? (Bloomberg)
  • Solar panels produce a lot more energy per acre than corn for ethanol (Need to Know)
  • A glimpse of life without cars in San Francisco (Fast Company)

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