Wednesday’s Headlines
More on looming transit disaster in the bay, deadly intersections, waymo crashes, protests and more...
9:28 AM PST on February 11, 2026
- 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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