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Good morning. We may be reading about transportation, but we’re thinking about Southern California wind and fire.

  • Scary winds, scary fires (LA Times, Daily Bulletin)
  • Why the fires are so dangerous (hello, climate change!) (CalMatters)
  • Good public transit is politically powerful (The New Republic)
  • Federal infrastructure grants announced, including twelve rail-related projects in California (Trains)
  • Survey: Most people feel safe on AC Transit (with gender and race differences) (Alameda Post)
  • There’s a new bike path in Ventura County (KCLU)
  • NACTO launches latest revision of Urban Bikeway Design Guide
  • Del Mar wants to wait on rebuilding a rail bridge until a decision is made about tunneling (San Diego Union Tribune)
  • CA high-speed rail is laying track (Fresno Bee)
  • How high-speed rail would connect to Las Vegas (Visalia Times Delta)
  • CA rep Kiley introduces the “No More Money for High Speed Rail” bill in Congress (Newsweek)
  • Cycling in Paris doubled after bike lanes installed, and numbers are still growing (Momentum Mag)
  • Can states stop runaway highway building? (Bloomberg)
  • 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.
  • The Week in Short Videos
    by Damien Newton
    April 17, 2026
    Neighborhood greenways, San Diego budget woes, and a whole bunch of hyper-loop.
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