Tuesday’s Headlines
Sanity in the Central Valley
10:04 AM PDT on September 1, 2026
- Fresno County Measure S Transpo Tax Will Be on Ballot (Fresnoland)
- Locals Review Franklin Street Bike/Ped Project in Sacramento (SacBee)
- Fresno County Residents Mull Recall of Obstructionist Supe (Fresno Bee)
- Metro Micro Serves 4 Riders/Hour and Costs $2 Million/Month (The Basin)
- Colorado Blvd Previews NoHo-Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit
- Legislators Seek $2 Billion For Olympics Bus Transportation (Torched)
- More On Inglewood Mobility Hubs, Parking, Stadium Shuttle (L.A. Local)
- If San Francisco is so Walkable, Why is Traffic so Bad? (SFChron)
- Waymo Goes Live in San Diego (Union-Trib)
- Did a Waymo Nearly Run Over a Toddler? (SFChron)
- USDOT Weakening Fuel Regs. for Heavy Duty Trucks (E&E News)
- Could I-5 Become a Multi-Country Electric Highway? (Government Technology)
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