Friday’s Headlines
Why does it always take a tragedy?
10:22 AM PDT on October 24, 2025
- Child Dies Where Advocates Had Begged for Signage, Crosswalks (Union-Tribune)
- New State Transit Oriented Development Law (SB 79) (NationalLawReview)
- Palo Alto Grapples with Transit Housing Law (PaloAltoPost)
- Monday Marks the End of Bike Commuting Via the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge (MercNews)
- Pasadena North Fair Oaks Project Includes Road Diet (Pasadena Now)
- More On Culver City Robertson Complete Street (CC Crossroads, Urbanize)
- Volunteers Help Keep Kern Bike Path Safe Since Nobody Else Will (ABC 23)
- Lime To Bring New Limeglider E-Scooters To L.A. (NBC4)
- Billionaires Got Trump to Back off Surge in S.F. (SFChron)
- Caltrans Clears Encampents on 99 Outside of Bakersfield (Bakersfield Now)
- Report: Fixing infrastructure Better for Jobs Than Building Highways (State Smart Transportation Initiative)
- Torched On Massive LAX Roadway Widening
- Anaheim Considers Ballot Measure on Raising Fees for Tickets, Parking (OC Register)
- Head on Crash Causes Massive Oil Spill on Central CA City (Fresno Bee)
- USDOT’s War on Sikh Truckers (SacBee)
- “What Went Wrong” When Marines Fired Ordinance Near Freeway (OC Register)
- Uhm…a lot?
- Actually, Kid Should Play in the Street (The Conversation)
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