Statewide Region Local News: Transportation


All Local Transportation News articles contributed by our local media allies and other local newsrooms.

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08/17/2023
With only 12,000 hydrogen cars on the road, and just two models for sale, California lawmakers are debating how much state money should support them.

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07/20/2023
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Bi-directional charging allows EV owners to sell power to the grid

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05/21/2023
California's public transit agencies are seeking $5 billion over five years to keep buses and trains running, but time is running out in the budget process at the state Capitol. To address criticism, they submitted a new accountability plan.

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05/02/2023
As the industry invests $40 billion in new US electric car plants, the rapid transformation raises labor and supply chain issues. Automaker Ford says, “we’re all in.”

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04/24/2023
A bipartisan congressional group from Nevada and California is asking the Biden administration to fast-track federal funds for a private company to build a high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area.

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04/16/2023
Politicians must contend with a multibillion-dollar budget deficit, but they also face demands from leaders of vital health care and transit services for more money to solve their fiscal woes.

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04/11/2023
Up to 60% of 2030 models and two-thirds of 2032 models sold nationwide would be zero-emissions—less aggressive than California’s mandate.

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04/04/2023
Transit agencies in California are struggling to avoid a “fiscal cliff”—and to persuade riders to return after the COVID pandemic. Advocates and legislators are seeking more state aid, but there are no simple solutions.

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03/21/2023
Communities with high concentrations of electric cars are affluent, college-educated and at least 75% white and Asian—revealing a barrier to electrifying the state’s entire fleet.

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03/19/2023
A court ruling that upheld much of a 2020 gig-worker initiative also struck down a part that labor advocates say could lead to legislation for driver unionization.

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03/03/2023
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A new Assembly committee looks to undo the harm wrought during the rampant highway construction of the ’50s and ’60s.

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02/27/2023
Public transit is a lifeline for low-income Californians, and the key to realizing reduced carbon emissions. But the state’s major public transit agencies are facing myriad issues and are looking to state lawmakers for a solution.

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12/15/2022
The law was prompted by an audit revealing that up to 35,000 parking placards in use were in the names of deceased people.

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10/10/2022
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Nation's 3rd-largest rail union rejected a Biden-brokered deal, meaning strike could still happen.

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09/14/2022
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11 California cities want to end traffic fatalities in the next few years, but that goal seems distant.

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09/13/2022
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Curbside recycling, biking to work, building greener—it’s all part of EA’s fight against the climate crisis.

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08/10/2022
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Putting more electric trucks and buses on California roads will improve air quality and grow local jobs. But for many fleets, the transition to electric will require innovative policy and finance solutions to get the job done on pace with climate targets.

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03/14/2022
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Nearly 40 years after the first funds for high speed rail in California were approved, construction has not been completed on a single line. When will the state get its bullet train?

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03/08/2022
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Gas prices are rising, but the truth is, they were too low to begin with.

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11/11/2021
Image for display with article titled AB43, California’s New Speed Limit Law, Explained: ‘Vision Zero’ Policy Aims to Eliminate Traffic Deaths

California suffers more than 3,000 deaths on the road every year. It doesn’t have to.

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