Thursday’s Headlines
Measures, Coast, Cameras, CAHSR, E-Bikes...you know, the usual.
9:43 AM PDT on October 8, 2026
- What Happens to Transit in the Bay if Measure Fails? (SJSpotlight)
- More Polling on Regional Transit Measure (SFGate)
- Zbur’s AB 1740 Creates Faster Track for Bike/Ped Near Coast (SMDP)
- CAHSRA Completes Four New “Structures” (Progressive Railroads)
- LB Speed Cameras Issuing Warning Ticketing (Spectrum1, LB Post)
- L.A. City Speed Camera Program, Warnings Start Oct 26 (Beverly Press)
- San Diego County Supes Create Database for E-bike/moto Crashes (County News)
- Metro Gets $25M to Help Widen Pomona 71 Freeway from 4 Lanes to 8 (MyNewsLA)
- Transit and the Standard Voter Guide (SFStandard)
- Young People Flocking to Fresno (Fresno Bee)
- Trump, Duffman and Friends Have Likely Politicized Transportation Forever (Bloomberg CityLab)
- But It’s Also a Worldwide Trend for the Far Right to Attack Sustainability (Transport News)
- How Bad Is Super El Niño Going to Get? (SacBee)
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