Today's News Roundup

Looking down the tunnel and train tracks of an Amtrack train line, with a train on the right. — Credit

John Huseby

San Francisco Examiner

Mega news: daily bus service returning to SF
San Francisco Examiner

BART adding early trains for Bay to Breakers this weekend
Mercury News

Gas in U.S. is almost $1 cheaper than a year ago
New York Magazine

America’s Trains and Buses Are Speeding Toward a Cliff
Planetizen

Complicating the Free Transit Vs. Service Debate
Governing

Taylor Swift Fans Give Public Transit a Well-Timed Boost
San Francisco Chronicle

So San Francisco is an unlivable, undesirable hellhole? Try finding an apartment here
San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. will extend metered parking hours starting this summer. Here are the details
Mercury News

The Bay Area’s most pothole-riddled highway finally getting repaired: Roadshow
San Mateo Daily Journal

SamTrans gearing up to operate its 1st zero-emission buses in San Mateo County
East Bay Times

Landmark East Bay Claremont hotel is bought for more than $160 million
SF Gate

Inside the SF building that could be a model for office-to-housing conversions
Bloomberg

California’s Newsom Sees Budget Deficit Deepening to $32 Billion
Wall Street Journal

The Disappearing White-Collar Job
Local News Matters

Sun-kissed snowpack prompts flood warning this week on Merced River through Yosemite
NBC Bay Area

Livermore PD Goes Green With Electric Motorcycle