Wednesday’s Headlines
A church comes out against bike lanes in San Diego, even as the city moves to eliminate its traffic safety engineers.
10:38 AM PDT on May 6, 2026
- Traffic Deaths Continue to Rise in Long Beach (LAist)
- More on San Diego’s Plan to Eliminate Traffic Engineers (KPBS)
- San Diego Church Comes Out Against Bike Lanes (Times of SD)
- CalBike Makes a Handful of Endorsements
- Quick Build Bike Lanes in Palo Alto (Palo Alto Online)
- Muni’s Attempts to Stop Fare Beaters (SFChron, NBCBayArea, KRON4)
- More on Muni’s Budget (SFChron)
- 1/2 of Americans Live with Bad Air Quality (American Lung Association)
- Filling 36-gallon tank of a Ford F-150 Costs $46 More One year ago. (Independent)
- Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits to $350 Million Investment for Bike Infrastructure (Momentum)
- DUIs, Teens, and Carnage (SFGate)
- But I Saw a Cyclist Run a Stop Sign (OB Rag)
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