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Mercury News

If there are no toll takers, will there be no FasTrak lanes? Roadshow

Press Democrat

Sonoma County board’s union appointment shakes up Golden Gate Bridge district

San Francisco Examiner

Central Subway estimated to be 15 percent over $1.6 billion budget

New York Times

Counting on Biden, M.T.A. Shifts From Doomsday Budget to a Wishful One

NPR

Biden To Nominate Former Rival Buttigieg As Transportation Secretary

Mass Transit

FTA awards $6.2 million in TOD planning grants

San Francisco Chronicle

Airbnb co-founder to donate $25 million to S.F., Bay Area homelessness programs

Fairfield Daily Republic

Nearly $500,000 more available in Solano to help with rental assistance during pandemic

San Francisco Chronicle

Richmond council greenlights plans for housing development on toxic site

San Francisco Chronicle

Amazon spends $200 million for S.F. site once slated for housing

San Francisco Chronicle

COVID vaccines have arrived in the Bay Area: Here’s everything you need to know

San Francisco Chronicle

Investors can now trade on and profit from California water — how might that work out?

San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Area workers are going remote from Hawaii, and some aren’t coming back

Associated Press

Feds to delay seeking legal protection for monarch butterfly

Climate Online

Seamus Murphy leaving Caltrain, SamTrans to head WETA

Morgan Hill Times

South County officials slam VTA Measure B outlook

East Bay Times

After six months, only problem with South Bay BART stations: They’re nearly empty and costing a lot to operate

Mercury News

The DMV said I could renew online, but it’s not working: Roadshow

Mercury News

Fixing ‘worst interchange in region’ could cost $1 billion: Roadshow

Marin Independent Journal

Marin highway connector project nears environmental review

San Jose Spotlight

Philbrick: Public transportation proves safe — if precautions are followed

Vox

Public transit in the US is already underfunded. The pandemic has made it worse.

Resilience

Mobility is NOT a business: Why the pandemic-induced collapse of mass transit should concern us all

Wired

Mass Transit Is in Jeopardy—and So Are Cities

Toronto Star

Despite the pandemic, a new study finds public transit is still popular

San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Area home sales expected to stay strong even during the holidays

Vallejo Times Herald

City of Vallejo releases North Mare Island update

Napa Valley Register

Liquefaction concerns delay plans for north Mare Island development

San Francisco Examiner

Affordable housing benefit extension considered for those displaced by redevelopment

San Francisco Chronicle

California's water wars have created a dilemma in the delta: fishing or fresh water?

Marin Independent Journal

West Marin salmon habitat project hits milestone

Bloomberg

The Emergency Funding Ideas That Could Help Keep Transit Alive

The Hill

Cities deserve transit aid: It's only fair

Mercury News

Tolls for empty express lanes aren’t a money grab? Roadshow readers strongly disagree

San Jose Spotlight

Santa Clara County starts free COVID-19 workplace testing for transit employees

Forbes

Boston And Washington Are The Latest Cities To Weigh Mass Transit Cuts

Marin Independent Journal

Novato council approves Landing Court townhome project

Berkeleyside

City Council approves Adeline Corridor plan, kicks off next 2 decades of South Berkeley development

San Francisco Chronicle

Weekend forecast: Light showers bring relief to parched Bay Area

Mercury News

San Francisco: New wetland project, public trail to open on former Army site near Golden Gate Bridge

Los Angeles Times

Global carbon emissions dropped a record 7% due to COVID-19. Don’t count on it to last

Bloomberg

Global Emissions Were Slowing Even Before the Pandemic

Mercury News

End of an era: You’ll never see another toll taker at Bay Area bridges

KTVU

Days of toll takers on Bay Area bridges are over

Napa Valley Register

Project to relieve congestion at Highways 29/221 could go to bid next year

Bloomberg

Democrats Plan Return to Earmarks to Ease Way on Votes

San Francisco Chronicle

Cruise deploys true robot cars in S.F. — no backup drivers behind wheel

Mercury News

The inside information about the off-limits Año Nuevo seals: Roadshow

San Francisco Examiner

Balboa Park Station redesign to enhance accessibility and safety, make space more inviting

Mercury News

Mountain View: City council moving quickly to implement narrow streets RV ban

Petaluma Argus Courier

36 homes OK’d for parcel across from Casa Grande High, near Adobe Creek

KPIX Project Home

Project Home: Small Bay Area Landlords Warn Of Evictions Without Federal Help

San Jose Spotlight

Google project won’t improve San Jose’s jobs-housing imbalance, officials say

Marin Independent Journal

Bay Area energy tracking tool could aid Marin climate change efforts

Marin Independent Journal

Bay Area energy tracking tool could aid Marin climate change efforts

Los Angeles Times

Trump administration rushes sale of California oil leases despite certain legal battle

Mercury News

Nissan ‘Refuse to Compromise’ driving ads rankle many: Roadshow

Intelligent Transport

How COVID has opened a new chapter for public transportation

San Francisco Chronicle

California lawmakers try again to make it easier to build housing

San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial: California Legislature needs to extend eviction reprieve for tenants

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