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OK, it\u2019s not<\/em> an Onion headline (except that it was 15 years ago): the state of California is studying the potential of running 140-mile-per-hour \u201chigh-speed buses\u201d on highways, even though the state\u2019s first high speed rail <\/em>line has been in the works for decades.<\/p>\n

Read more Thursday\u2019s Headlines Have a License to Chill<\/a><\/p>\n

We love the latest from Cities by Diana, which explores where versions of the high-speed bus concept are actually a thing<\/em> around the world, and debates the pros and (mostly) cons of the model for the Golden State and beyond. It\u2019s a big departure from her channel\u2019s usual found-AI-urbanist-fever-dream videos (which you might have seen on Streetsblog before, because we love them), but it\u2019s no less wild, absurd, and fascinating.<\/p>\n

Read more America Keeps Building Stadiums Like Transit Doesn\u2019t Matter<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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