Monday’s Headlines
North County Transit is the first of the major transit operators to deal with fed/state funding head on.
7:34 AM PDT on July 20, 2026
- North County Transit Struggles to Fill Budget Hole as State, Feds, Retreat (Union-Trib)
- Tahoe Expands Free Transit (SF Gate)
- Do BART’s Fare Gates Make Things Safer? (SF Chron)
- Rendering of BART TOD in Berkeley (Berkeleyside)
- CicLAvia 67 (My News)
- SF Bicyclists: How About We Keep Waymo Out of Bike Lane (Momentum)
- City Approves “Mega” Growth Plan in Fresno (Fresno Bee)
- As Community, Students, Mourn Teacher Killed by Driver, Folsom DA Refuses to Bring Charges
- Honda Halts Sale of EV’s in US (OC Reg)
- Harris, Schwarzenegger Preach “Climate Optimism” (SF Chron)
- CARB Picks Its Favorite Gasoline (Supply HT)
- Trump: I Like High-Speed Rail, Just Not the Lines Under Construction (Fresno Bee)
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