Friday’s Headlines
It's mostly a stack of self-driving cars and bad news about traffic safety today (with a hint about the ongoing Global Warming catastrophe.)
10:58 AM PDT on July 31, 2026
- Sacramento Citizen Effort to Get Street Safety on Ballot Falls Short (SacBee)
- L.A. Speed Camera Installation Delayed (KCAL)
- Muni T Line Stations get a Refresh (MissionLocal)
- Scrubbed Data from USDOT Website Shows Bike Lanes Reduce Crashes by 53% (Fast Company)
- Half of Drivers Killed in Crashes Not Wearing Seatbelts (OC Reg)
- States Falling Further and Further Behind on Road Maintenance (Governing)
- Uber Investing $1.2 billion in Rivian, Could Purchase up to 40,000 Robotaxis. (Motley Fool)
- Qualcom, in SD, Gets Contract for BMX Self-Driving Cars (Union-Trib)
- Robotaxis Approved without Steering Wheels (EastBayTimes)
- More on Federal Robotaxi Bill (VoiceofSF)
- Global Warming: Dangerous Prolonged So Cal Heat Wave (LAist, LAT, KTLA, KABC, KCAL, NBC4)
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