Thursday’s Headlines
Remember when we used to occasionally get good news out of D.C.?
9:52 AM PDT on May 1, 2025
- House of Representatives Votes to Overturn CA EV Mandates (SacBee)
- San Diego Budget Assumes Road Conditions Will Worsen (Union-Trib)
- Momentum for Bay Area Transit Measure (DailyJournal)
- AI Bus Cameras Give Out 10,000 Tickets in LA (LAT)
- Increased Crashes After Protected Bikeway Put in Encinitas (Coast News)
- Grants for Clean Trucks for LA/LB Ports Caught in Trump War on Climate (LB Post)
- Big U.S. Transit Agencies Face Huge Deficits (Bloomberg)
- Overwhelmed DMV Asking People with Passports to Wait to Get Real ID (Fresno Bee)
- Congressional Committee Pushes EV Fees to Balance Highway Trust Fund (The Hill)
- Robotaxis Might Replace Human-Driven Taxis, Unlikely to Replace Personal Cars (CleanTechnica)
- Oakland’s Potholes (CBSBayArea)
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