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Good morning.
There’s a lot going on – a distraction from the fires, maybe?
Stay safe!

  • Stay awake, Southern California (LA Times)
  • Mutual aid: LA residents rise to the occasion (CalMatters)
  • Can CA afford carbon pricing? Better to ask: can California afford to NOT put a price on carbon? (Energy at Haas)
  • A deeper look at California’s state rail plan (Smart Cities Dive)
  • MTC is polling Bay Area residents about funding transit (San Mateo Daily Journal)
  • Could San Francisco impose congestion pricing? (Mass Transit)
  • A pivotal moment for urban bicycling (ITDP)
  • To comply with new laws, Super-73 e-bikes will no longer be able to go over 20 mph. Officially, that is. (Electrek)
  • Santa Maria transit adds service in response to growing ridership (Santa Maria Times)
  • Monterey-Salinas SURF! bus rapid transit line gets a $22M boost from Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
  • New SMART station opens in Petaluma (Marin Independent Journal)
  • San Francisco traffic is getting worse (San Francisco Chronicle)
  • San Francisco, San Jose win $27 million in EV grants (The Bay Link)
  • Pete Buttigieg has a few things to say on his way out (The Verge)
  • Study: How households can cut energy costs (MIT News)
  • In U.S., wind and solar overtake coal (Yale Environmental)
  • Senator Josh Becker to chair Energy Committee (San Mateo Daily Journal)
  • Supreme Court denies oil industry appeal to block climate lawsuits filed by CA and other states (LA Times)
  • CA legislators plan to set aside money to defend climate policies, immigrants against Trump (Politico)
  • Geographically based price discrimination for hotel bookings is sophisticated and real (SF Gate)
  • Wednesday’s Headlines
    by Damien Newton
    August 19, 2026
    CalMatters Has Their Own Legislative Update. It’s Bleaker Than Ours.
  • A New US-Canada Bridge Opposed By Trump Has a One-of-a-Kind Bike Path
    by The Editorial Team
    August 19, 2026
    The bike-ped path on the brand new Gordie Howe International Bridge opened on Aug. 5 despite the president’s opposition.
  • Op-Ed: San Francisco Should Not Give Free Curb Space to Waymo
    by The Editorial Team
    August 18, 2026
    There’s no reason one of the most valuable companies in the world should get free access to a public right-of-way that residents pay for.
  • Driver Smashes Plastic Bollards on Santa Monica’s 23rd Street Bike Lane
    by The Editorial Team
    August 18, 2026
    Using flimsy plastic bollards to separate bikes from automobile traffic is better than nothing, but this recent video makes a strong case that only concrete barriers will truly protect bicyclists
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