Wednesday’s Headlines
Good news via Calbike. Bad news via....everyone else.
11:40 AM PDT on September 16, 2026
- CalBike Celebrates Signing of ATP Funding Reform Legislation
- LA Metro Says Olympic Bus Plan Jeopardized Due To Lack Of Funds (LAist)
- Dems. Help Republicans Pass Resolution Against CA Ocean Emission Regs (Leg. 1)
- SD Votes to Sue E-Moto Companies for Ads Targetting Kids (Union-Trib)
- CAHSRA Consultants Spent Nearly $600k on Luxuries (SF Standard, SacBee)
- More On Victims Push For Traffic Violence State Of Emergency in LA (LAist)
- Major Muni Cuts Bad for Everyone (SF Standard, SF Chron)
- “Fix 50” Highway Construction Project Delayed Again (SacBee)
- Judged Charged with Manslaughter for Killing Cyclist with Car (SacBee)
- AAA: Cost of Owning an “Average” Car $6,000 a Year Plus Payments (CNBC)
- “Affordable” Cars Are Vanishing (OC Reg)
- Cities Should Be Setting Aside money for Infrastructure Maintenance. (Governing)
- FTA Awarded $233 Million in Grants for Station Accessibility (Transportation Today)
- At Least Six Dead In Chatsworth: Speeding Driver Crashes Into Metro Bus Killing Three People and Hospitalizing Six, Then News Helicopter Crashes While Covering (KTLA, LAist, KABC, Daily News, L.A. Material, LAT, NBC4, NBC4, KCAL)
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