Thursday’s Headlines

Remember when we used to occasionally get good news out of D.C.?

By Damien Newton

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)

Get the rest of the headlines at SBUSA, SBLA, and SBSF.

Damien Newton

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