transportation
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California Regulators Vote To Require All Transit Agency Buses Produce Zero Emissions By 2040
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has ordered the state’s bus agencies to switch to entirely emissions-free vehicles within 20 years, the San Francisco Chronicle reported on Sunday, as part of a larger overall push to push back against Republicans’ efforts on the national front to undermine state emissions regulations.
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Large Steel Balls Wreak Havoc On US Neighbourhood After Driver Fails To Secure His Load
The Seattle Police Department (SPD) was forced to shut down a road in West Seattle on Wednesday after a semi-truck unleashed its massive load of steel balls onto its streets. The 900g grinding balls, ultimately totalling a dumped load of 10t of steel, wreaked havoc on the neighbourhood and damaged several cars.
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FBI Warns Of ‘Alarming’ Increase In In-Flight Sexual Assaults
Reports of in-flight sexual assaults committed by passengers against passengers are going up by double-digit margins, according to US federal crime statistics, and it’s unclear why.
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Elon Musk Is Back To Digging Tunnels, This Time Under DC
Noted tunnel enthusiast Elon Musk is digging again, this time for hazily defined purposes at an abandoned parking lot near the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives headquarters building in northeastern Washington, DC, the Washington Post reports.