Wednesday’s Headlines
Breaking: Building transit is good for transit ridership.
9:56 AM PDT on March 11, 2026
- Sacramento May Have .5 Cent Sales Tax for Transpo (SacBee)
- Fresno County Cities Taking Sides on Pair of Transpo. Taxes (FresnoBee)
- Claims that Sunset Dunes Worsened Traffic Don’t Hold Up (theFrisc)
- New Light Rail in San Gabriel Valley Brings “Ripple Effect” of New Riders Throughout LA System (Daily News)
- Bike Lanes Sprouting for Spring (Biking in L.A.)
- San Diego Hospital Says E-Bike Crashes Rose 400% in Recent Years (CBS8)
- More on Financial Risk to BART (NYTimes)
- Why Is It So Hard to Get Safety Improvements? (LB Post)
- Another Tribute to SaMo Cyclist/Videographer MobilityforWho (Momentum)
- Cities Can Do Things to Help Visually Impaired (CityLab)
- Dems Stand Ready and Willing to Bail Out Trump for High Gas Prices (Roll Call)
- Uber Expands Feature Allowing Women to Select Female Driver (ABC News)
- Waymos Huge Drain on Public Resources (Futurism)
- San Diego Worries About Backlash Against Robotaxis as Unemployment Rises (Union-Trib)
- Record Breaking Temps. for SoCal This Weekend (OC Reg)
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