Monday’s Headlines
Huge stack of headlines covers everything from e-bikes, to critical mass, to high-speed rail, to local projects and more.
10:46 AM PST on March 2, 2026
- CA Car Insurance Rates Rising (LAT)
- Draft CAHSRA Plan Shows DECREASED Budget of $1.7 Billion (Railway Supply, Railway News)
- CHP Leads the Way on Overtime Salaries (SacBee)
- Los Angeles Critical Mass Rides to Honor Slain Family (CBS2)
- E-Bike Industry Backs SB 1167 (Bike Mag)
- Pasadena Repairing $206M Worth Of Sidewalks (Pasadena Now)
- Glendale La Crescenta Ave. Project Now Expects June Completion (GNP)
- More On Wilmington Bike/Ped Bridge Groundbreaking (Urbanize)
- Millbrae Requests BART Station Remain Open Under Doomsday Scenarios (SMDailyJournal)
- What Do We Do When Boomers Can’t Driver? (Carbon Upfront!)
- The Trump’s Budget Eliminates Transit Funding from Highway Trust Fund (Jacobin)
- Loophole in 1970s Fuel Standards Led to Trucks+SUVs making up 80% of Cars in US (YouTube)
- Trump Shifts $2.3 Billion in Zero Emission Bus Grants to Polluting Ones (Canary Media)
- Another Study Shows ICE Causing Economic Decline in CA (Fresno Bee)
- Waymo and the Storms (KTVU)
- Tesla Prepares to Send Out Unsafe Robotaxis for Street Tests (Popular Mechanics)
- Metro “Ride the D” Merch Goes Viral (Torched, WeHo Times, CCWW News)
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