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Caltrain rolls out first electric train for trip from San Francisco to Millbrae
![Limited public service for electric trains starts Sunday. Limited public service for electric trains starts Sunday.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SJM-L-ELECTRIC-10.jpg?w=525)
Limited public service for electric trains starts Sunday.
![The aviation company has designed and produced an electric air taxi that will carry a pilot and four passengers at speeds up to 200 mph offering high-speed mobility with a fraction of the noise produced by helicopters and zero operating emissions. The aviation company has designed and produced an electric air taxi that will carry a pilot and four passengers at speeds up to 200 mph offering high-speed mobility with a fraction of the noise produced by helicopters and zero operating emissions.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MCH-L-JOBY1-0809_201173586.jpg?w=140)
Joby Aviation rolls third aircraft off production line at its facility in Monterey County
The aviation company has designed and produced an electric air taxi that will carry a...
![AC Transit is gearing up to issue citations to drivers to park in the bus stop lanes. Fines will $110 starting Oct. 7. Agency using AI to help spot violators. AC Transit is gearing up to issue citations to drivers to park in the bus stop lanes. Fines will $110 starting Oct. 7. Agency using AI to help spot violators.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/SJM-L-TRANSITBILL-04XX-36.jpg?w=132)
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AC Transit launches camera system to ticket bus stop violators
AC Transit is gearing up to issue citations to drivers to park in the bus...
![Police have opened a death investigation after a woman was discovered dead at a terminal early Thursday morning at O'Hare International Airport. Police have opened a death investigation after a woman was discovered dead at a terminal early Thursday morning at O'Hare International Airport.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/CTC-ohare19_180069763.jpg?w=111)
Woman killed in baggage conveyor belt accident at Chicago’s O’Hare airport
Police have opened a death investigation after a woman was discovered dead at a terminal...
![A third line that runs through the Bay Fair station remained open, according to BART. A third line that runs through the Bay Fair station remained open, according to BART.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SJM-L-BARTCLOSE-0809-1.jpg?w=117)
BART service restored after computer issue closes some stations
A third line that runs through the Bay Fair station remained open, according to BART.
![The electric aviation startup is one of several manufacturers of electric vertical takeoff and landing, or eVTOL, aircraft designed to fly customers on short commuter journeys. The electric aviation startup is one of several manufacturers of electric vertical takeoff and landing, or eVTOL, aircraft designed to fly customers on short commuter journeys.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MCH-L-JOBY-0228_181756130.jpg?w=140)
Santa Cruz-based Joby aims to start commercial air taxi flights from late 2025
The electric aviation startup is one of several manufacturers of electric vertical takeoff and landing,...
![UC Santa Cruz police have determined the cause of an accident claiming the life of a campus bus driver after he crashed into historic lime kilns late last year came down to user error. UC Santa Cruz police have determined the cause of an accident claiming the life of a campus bus driver after he crashed into historic lime kilns late last year came down to user error.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/STC-L-JYCRASH-0807.jpg?w=134)
Cause of fatal UC Santa Cruz shuttle crash determined
UC Santa Cruz police have determined the cause of an accident claiming the life of...
![Gavin Newsom says California wants to "dominate" the clean car market but some analysts wonder if the state can meet its ambitious 2035 target Gavin Newsom says California wants to "dominate" the clean car market but some analysts wonder if the state can meet its ambitious 2035 target](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SUT-L-EV-Auto_004.jpg?w=132)
California sales of zero-emission vehicles hit 25.7% but are numbers increasing fast enough?
Gavin Newsom says California wants to "dominate" the clean car market but some analysts wonder...