News Headlines

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

San Francisco Examiner

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

New York Times

Biden To Nominate Former Rival Buttigieg As Transportation Secretary

NPR

FTA awards $6.2 million in TOD planning grants

Mass Transit

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

San Francisco Chronicle

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

Fairfield Daily Republic

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

San Francisco Chronicle

Feds to delay seeking legal protection for monarch butterfly

Associated Press

Seamus Murphy leaving Caltrain, SamTrans to head WETA

Climate Online

South County officials slam VTA Measure B outlook

Morgan Hill Times

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

East Bay Times

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

Mercury News

Marin highway connector project nears environmental review

Marin Independent Journal

Philbrick: Public transportation proves safe — if precautions are followed

San Jose Spotlight

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

Vox

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

Resilience

Mass Transit Is in Jeopardy—and So Are Cities

Wired

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

Toronto Star

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

San Francisco Chronicle

City of Vallejo releases North Mare Island update

Vallejo Times Herald