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SGV Connect 63: SCAG Closes in on Final Passage of Connect SoCal and COVID19 Ravages Local Transit
This week's SGV Connect focuses on how the Coronavirus is impacting planning and transit throughout not just San Gabriel Valley, but all of Southern California.
April 20, 2020
Tumlin Talks Post-COVID Muni
Everything has changed with the pandemic. But with crisis comes opportunity
April 17, 2020
Op-Ed: Protecting Transit Workers During — and After — the COVID Crisis
The virus has exposed widespread failures in how we protect our essential workforce. Here's the actions agencies must take now and after the pandemic subsides.
April 14, 2020
SF Transit Director Boldly Plans for the Urban Future
SFMTA Director Jeffrey Tumlin used to have a running joke that if you really want to solve traffic congestion, you just have to destroy the Bay Area economy. Well here we are.
April 10, 2020
S.F. Muni Cuts Transit Service to Core Routes
Starting Wed., only 17 of Muni's 83 rail and bus lines will be running
April 7, 2020
Beverly Hills Approves Accelerating Subway Construction, Wilshire Boulevard to Close
Not an April Fools headline: Beverly Hills is supporting Metro subway construction - three blocks of Wilshire will be closed for 1-3 months starting tomorrow
April 2, 2020
Interview: VTA Chair Cindy Chavez on the Agency’s Response to COVID-19
"All these decisions we have to make…they’re tradeoffs," Chavez laments. "There’s no better way to say it."
April 1, 2020
Experts: Senate Bill’s $25B for Transit Won’t Be Enough
Congress must do much more to stave off long-term damage, officials and advocates say.
March 25, 2020
Op-Ed: We Need Handwashing Facilities at Every Public Transit Station in America
Public restrooms at transit stops aren't just a COVID-19 issue. They're a transit access issue, a religious rights issue, and a human rights issue.
March 25, 2020
“Faster Bay Area” Hits the Brakes
Mega ballot measure put on hold over coronavirus concerns
March 24, 2020
