Tuesday’s Headlines

New protected bike lanes in Long Beach and Oakland....less protected bike lanes in Vista.

By Damien Newton

10:37 AM PDT on July 29, 2025

These aren’t the ones they’re now installing, but Joe Linton grabbed this shot of new protected lanes in Long Beach

Long Beach Planning Road Diet Makeover For Pacific Avenue (LB Post)
Oakland Breaks Ground on Protected Bike Lane, 4 Years After Fatal Crash (Local News Matters)
Vista Officially Removes Bike Lanes (KPBS)
BART Accepts 1000th Rail Car (Hoodline)
Caltrain Approves Funding Measure Proposal (DailyJournal)
Why South L.A. Needs Speed Cameras Now (Sentinel)
Metro Partners To Expand Student Pass Use (SM Next)
Vineyards Being Abandoned in San Joaquin Valley (FresnoBee)
Biden's "Reconnecting Communities" Grants Only Got 1/4 Funding Out the Door Before Trump Killed It (Eno Center for Transportation)
Trump's Tax Breaks for Oil Industry and $80 Billion Wealth Transfer. (The Equation)
Are We Really Going to Redraw Our Congressional Maps? (SacBee)

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

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