Tuesday’s Headlines
Definitely appreciate efforts to legislate safer driving....but nothing makes safer streets quite like making safer streets.
8:20 AM PST on February 3, 2026
- New Legislation Would Keep Some CAHSRA Docs Secret (CalMatters via Lost Coast)
- More on Bi-Partisan Effort to Reduce Traffic Deaths (CalMatters)
- LA Ripped Up a Road Diet in 2017 in Playa Del Rey. People Still Dieing There. (GoFundMe, Biking in L.A.)
- Backing Off Paid Parking Plan Opens $17 Million Deficit for SD (Union-Trib)
- Is SF Catching Cars Parking in Bike Lanes? (SF Chron)
- VTA Goes to Court Over Eminent Domain for Property It Doesn’t Want (Merc-News)
- Who Was Hurt By Cancellation of CA Truck Driver Licenses (Daily News)
- Trump Uses USDOT in War Against Woke (The New Republic)
- Op/Ed: Hold Trump Accountable By Voting Out Enablers (SacBee)
- Fresno Students Continue Walkout (Fresno Bee)
- World Cup Visitors Will Get Views of US’ Dilapidated Infrastructure (Politico)
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