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Thursday’s Headlines

New bike lanes, new Coaster service, and more Vision Zero follies.

By Damien Newton

10:56 AM PST on February 12, 2026

Photo: Eli Gill

DMV Has a Process for Maybe Sometimes Suspending Licenses of Visually Impaired Drivers? (EastBayTimes)
L.A. Vision Zero: More People Killed In Traffic Than Homicides (LAist)
Santa Monica Adding Concrete Bikeway Protection On Broadway (SM Next)
Clovis Police Go After Parents Who Attended Student Walkout (Fresno Bee)
Lawsuit Argues Police Shouldn’t Shoot Protestors in Head (OC Register)
ICE Renting Offices in OC (OC Register)
Coaster Extension to SD Convention Center Will Break Ground This Year (Union-Trib)
Meet the Coalition Looking to Save Federal Bike/Ped Funds (Momentum)
Trump Will Rollback Rule Allowing EPA to Regulate Car Emissions (AP)
Delivery Robots Are Taking Over Sidewalks (NPR)
Waymo Expansion (EastBayTimes)
Waymo’s Next Gen Cars (Verge)
Oil Well Site Near USC Permanently Capped (KCAL)

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