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Wednesday’s Headlines

More on looming transit disaster in the bay, deadly intersections, waymo crashes, protests and more...

By Damien Newton

9:28 AM PST on February 11, 2026

Image: Bay Area Rapid Transit

If Bay Doesn’t Pass Ballot Measure, BART Service Will Return to 1976 Levels (Mass Transit)
Long Beach Admits Deadly Intersection Has Been Deadly for Awhile (LBPOST)
And Even More on BART Doomsday Scenarios (SFChron, Berkeleyside)
Newsom Just Might Be a Little Optimistic on HSR (SacBee)
More on VTA Super Bowl Ridership (EastBayTimes)
Waymo Doesn’t Report Every Crash (theFrisc)
Can Riding E-Scooter While Drunk Get You a Ticket/Jail? (SacBee)
- Yes
If Inter-city Rail Is Not to Be, Can We at Least Save Some Cool Art Deco and Streamline Moderne Stations? (CityLab)
RV Dwellers Protest Tickets in San Diego (Union-Trib)
Student Walkouts Continue in Clovis (Fresno Bee)

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