Monday’s Headlines
Court Rules VTA strike is over, SF's "New Beach" opens, Encinitas cancels bike lane plan, HSR song, more...
9:42 AM PDT on April 14, 2025
- “Finish the Line” A Fun New Advocacy Song Promoting High Speed Rail (Embedded Below)
- Court Upholds Earlier Ruling Upholding VTA Strike (SJ Spotlight, Local News)
- A Tale of Two Headline Styles
- Encinitas Pulls Proposed Bike Lane Because Street Is Dangerous (Coast News)
- Major Highway Construction on Route 41 in Madera (FresnoBee)
- Fresno Loses Court Case Over “Anti-Camping” Law (Fresnoland)
- Gas Prices Rise in the Summer (SacBee)
- Super Important Update on Classic Car Laws (OC Register)
- Trump’s Tariffs Making Cars More Expensive (CNBC, Streetsblog USA)
- Trump’s Tariffs Making bikes and E-bikes More Expensive (Heatmap)
- Somewhere 40% and 83% of Bikes in U.S. Made with Overseas Parts or Made Overseas (Seattle Bike Blog)
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