Thursday’s Headlines
Transit Month!, State Transit Cuts!, State Micromanaging Bike Projects!, Flock Ruins Everything...and more...
9:42 AM PDT on September 3, 2026
- More on Transit Month (SFExaminer, VoiceofSF)
- Oakland’s BRT Could Lose Billions in Cap-n-Trade Funds (Oaklandside)
- Caltrans Says Take Public Transportation, but Only During Road Works? (MercNews)
- LAT Opinion: Mortuary Money Got Sacramento To Micromanage Forest Lawn Drive
- Biking in LA Mocks Forst Lawn Bill as State’s War on “DEI Bike Lanes”
- Some Privacy Concerns As Malibu Approaches Late September Speed Camera Debut (Malibu Times, Westside Current)
- Redwoods Police Keep Arresting Same Bike Thief (Patch)
- Other States Starting to Notice Trump’s War on Our Coast (Bozeman Chronicle)
- Architecture and Urban Planning Can Keep People Healthier Than Lecturing Them…(Arch Daily)
- …This Has a Lot to do with Cars, Because They Take up Much More Space…(Princeton University Press)
- …Climate Change Won’t Be Solved by Individual Choices, but only by Collective Action (MIT Press Reader).
- Here’s a Primer on Labor Day (SacBee)
Get national headlines at SBUSA, local headlines at SBLA and SBSF
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