Monday’s Headlines
The saga of the Fresno County Transportation Tax and the Supervisors' temper tantrum gets worse. Traffic Safety, TOD, Speed Cameras, Trump and heat waves round out the headlines.
10:15 AM PDT on August 3, 2026
- Fresno Supes Hire Firm That Crafted Dumb Transportation Tax to Study (and Delay) Good Transportation Tax (Fresno Bee)
- Parents Facing Charges for Kids Riding E-Bikes/Motos Illegally (OC Register)
- Can Cars Pass Bikes on Roads? (SacBee)
- Yes, Provided They Do It Safely
- Transit Adjacent Housing Coming to Palo Alto? (SFGate)
- Speed Cameras Arrive in Long Beach (LB Post)
- Speed Cameras Delayed in LA (CBS2)
- World Cup a “Dry Run” for LA Transit and Olympics (LAT)
- Trump/Duff’s Transit Cuts Will Cost NY and CAL Billions (Governing).
- World Class Cities Continued Bike Momentum Started in Pandemic (Momentum)
- Record Gas Prices = Record Oil Industry Profits(Associated Press)
- Bureaucracy Hinders Transit Projects(Government Tech)
- HEAT WAVE (SacBee)
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