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Nurse practitioner Robert McCary gives the thumbs up as his picture is taken while nurse Anil Shandil gives him the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Dec. 18, 2020.
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California has a new plan for COVID-19 vaccine distribution and another way to get in line; CapRadio’s Healthcare Reporter Sammy Caiola has details of the plan and how counties play a role. Transportation in all forms also continues to be significantly impacted by the pandemic, including the state’s high speed rail project; we get updates on what’s needed to save public transit amid COVID-19. Plus, what it’ll take to transition to all-electric vehicles after Governor Newsom set aside some $1.5 billion to help electric and hydrogen vehicles in the new state budget proposal.
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This Oct. 9, 2019, file photo shows the high speed rail viaduct under construction over the San Joaquin River near Fresno, Calif.
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Transportation touches nearly every aspect of our lives, from the food you eat and the materials your home is made out of, to how you get to and from work. Transit in all forms continues to be significantly impacted by the pandemic, including California’s high-speed rail project. This comes as Governor Newsom releases his new state budget proposal, which has some $1.5 billion set aside to help electric and hydrogen vehicles. Today on Insight, what’s needed to save public transit amid the pandemic, what it’ll take to transition to all-electric vehicles, and a conversation with Hall-of-Fame Basketball Legend Bill Walton on license plates for cars that help bikes.