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Good morning. Lots going on today:

  • With a “perfect score,” Salinas is awarded nearly $10m for a safe school route project (KSBW)
  • 16 San Diego projects applied for Active Transportation Program funding, zero got any (10 News)
  • AAA: Driver behavior – aggressive and distracted driving, speeding – is killing thousands (Smart Cities Dive)
  • Union of Concerned Scientists say that investing in clean and efficient transportation now could save lots of money in the future (Planetizen)
  • MTC votes to study options for sales tax measure to keep Bay Area transit moving (Politico, Palo Alto Daily Post)
  • LA Metro doesn’t plan to end Metro Micro shuttle anytime soon despite costs (LAist)
  • SamTrans looking for ways to serve isolated Half Moon Bay area (Coastside News)
  • LA Metro announces service changes (KTLA)
  • SANDAG considering options for transit to airport, hampered by lack of funding (KPBS)
  • Greenhouse gases are global, so why is it okay to sell old diesel trains for use elsewhere? (Mass Transit)
  • Turning San Francisco’s Great Highway into a pedestrian promenade is part of a larger climate adaptation plan (SPUR)
  • The stakes – and costs – are high in California’s attempts to clean up trucking (CalMatters)
  • How high-speed rail won over the world (but not the U.S.) (The Urban Condition)
  • Santa Monica Airport Conversion project holds major public outreach meeting (Santa Monica Next)
  • Bill to Exempt L.A. from Housing Density Near-Transit Bill Heads to the Senate Housing Committee Tomorrow
    by Damien Newton
    April 20, 2026
    L.A. Metro and many Southern California city leaders are pushing for SB 1361, which would essentially carve L.A. County out from last year’s pro-transit-oriented housing legislation SB 79
  • Monday’s Headlines
    by Damien Newton
    April 20, 2026
    The headline stack runs from the Straight of Hormuz through e-bikes in San Diego.
  • When Traffic Violence Hits The Same Family Twice — Years Apart, On Exactly the Same Street
    by The Editorial Team
    April 19, 2026
    The deaths of a Colorado married couple has some mourning an eerie coincidence — and others outraged at two predictable tragedies that could have been prevented.
  • Driver Runs Red, Hits Cyclist, Speeds Off
    by The Editorial Team
    April 17, 2026
    More evidence that San Francisco drivers are out of control—and that SFMTA must start incorporating concrete into its designs if it wants to reduce crashes.
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