Transit

It's nice to see Muni taking emergency measures to prevent gridlock, but it's time to talk about signal preemption

The transit lanes would be installed in late summer and striped only with white paint, “Bus/Taxi Only” stenciling and signage.

It's no secret that transit agencies have been hit hard by the COVID-19 slowdown. But even as Caltrain warns that crippling cuts or even the agency's closure are possible, the agency is offering the public a chance to not only save existing service, but possibly expand and buy new trains.

Streetsblog San Francisco will be taking a much-needed vacation next week, returning after the 4th of July Holiday on Tuesday. Headlines, syndication and some 'light publishing' will be done by other California editors. Before singing off we wanted to leave you with a couple of shorties to start out your summer.

"When COVID hit, what we heard back from some of the bidders was that it had caused ripples through financial markets, so they asked for more time to evaluate what those implications are"

When the subway comes back in August, it'll be a whole lot different

And the LA Times drops more misinformation to back up SoCal lawmakers' anti-HSR money grab

The COVID pandemic has forced AC Transit and Santa Clara VTA to experiment with running transit without charging fares

Somewhere along the way California's environmental laws were subverted... SB 288 is a another small step towards correcting that