Tuesday’s Headlines
A Santa Monica driver makes the case for concrete road dividers, More CAHSRA shenanigans, Rideshare and AV news, Mayor Bass Almost Fills a pothole and more...
10:19 AM PDT on August 18, 2026
- CAHSRA Blames Regulations for Delays (SacBee)
- Will Newsom Veto Leg. to Upgrae CAHSRA IG? Anonymous Sources Say Yes, Bill Author Says No (CBS)
- State Bill Could Speed Up San Jose Station Rebuild (SJSpotlight)
- CA Rideshare Driver on Verge of Forming a Union (L.A. Progressive)
- LA Still Making Peds. Wait for Cars (The Future Is L.A.)
- Mayor Bass Almost Repairs A Melrose Pothole (Bass Instagram)
- More Housing Politics in San Francisco (SFChron, MissionLocal)
- Driver Plows Down Santa Monica Plastic Bollards Protecting Bike Lane (Reddit and below)
- SD Transit Officials Fought Waymo and Lost (Union-Trib)
- Pasadena Considers Removing Flock (OC Reg)
- E-motos Killing E-Bike Momentum (The Guardian)
- FTA Awards Include Double Tracking for San Diego Amtrak (Trains)
- NPR‘s “All Things Considered” explored the U.S. DOT’s war on “DEI” bike lanes
- It Won’t Just Be El Nino, It Will Be Super El Nino (SacBee, Union-Trib)
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