Wednesday's Headlines - Streetsblog California Happy Earth Day!

Heads:
BART Ridership Surged During I-80 Closure
Earth Day
SF Muni Budget
WeHo Moves E-Bike Voucher Program
Restaurants Fret About HSR Construction
LA Approves $9 Million for Sidewalk Repair, Plans Bike/Ped Improvements…for Olympics
EV Sales Sputter
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Op/Ed: Oil Shocks Will Keep Coming. High-Speed Rail Can Boost Our Resilience.  - Streetsblog California Alan Minsky is the Executive Director of Progressive Democrats of America and a resident of California.

"That is why it is so vital that the next Governor of California continues the work underway to protect the state from the economic consequences of future energy shocks," writes Alan Minsky of @pdamerica.bsky.social

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Eyes on the Street: Alameda Improves Access to Cross-Alameda Trail - Streetsblog San Francisco Why settle for nice when you can have nicer?

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Metro Still Planning 405 Freeway Widening Mega-Project, Additional $46.9M Slated to be Approved This Week - Streetsblog Los Angeles Metro and Caltrans are planning a $4B+ highway expansion mega-project that would widen 15 miles of the 605 Freeway, plus several adjacent stretches of the 5, 10, 60, and 105 Freeways

Metro is planning to approve another $50M this week for its $4+B 605 Freeway widening project, which also widens the 5, 10, 60, and 105 Freeways. Really. la.streetsblog.org/2026/04/20/m...

Tuesday's Headlines - Streetsblog California More Headlines at SBUSA, SBLA, and SBSF

Heads:
SF Chron Series on Ebikes/Emotos:Take the Quiz
E-Status Symbols
Growing Epidemic
Burlingname Tragedy
Oil Companies Join w/Trump
SB 79
Balboa Park Businesses Complain of Fewer Visitors
Becerra’s Surge/Yee Drops Out
April Snowstorm
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Bill to Exempt L.A. from Housing Density Near-Transit Bill Heads to the Senate Housing Committee Tomorrow - Streetsblog California 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 97

LA Metro will shoot its shot on getting itself removed from last year's #SB79 at tomorrow's Senate Housing Committee.
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When Traffic Violence Hits The Same Family Twice — Years Apart, On Exactly the Same Street — Streetsblog USA 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.

The death of a husband and wife in separate crashes at the same intersection is renewing a battle for traffic calming in the Denver area — and sparking conversation about why multiple people have to die before communities take action to calm dangerous roads.

Monday's Headlines - Streetsblog California The headline stack runs from the Straight of Hormuz through e-bikes in San Diego.

Heads:
I-880 Stretch Has Worst Traffic,
Agenda for CAHSRA Board
Advocates Push for E-Bike System in SD
Large Asphalt Repair
SD Can't Afford to Daylight Intersections
Traffic Enforcement for 4/20
War Inflation Hits Car-Free
1/2 Would Never Use a Robotaxi
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The Week in Short Videos - Streetsblog California Protected intersections, bad budget in San Diego, and a whole bunch of hyper-loop.

The Week in Short Videos:
Protected intersections, bad budget in San Diego, and a whole bunch of hyper-loop.
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Vid: San Diego says traffic safety is a priority.

But the proposed budget cuts programs that help reduce traffic deaths—even as crashes continue to take lives every year.

There’s still time to weigh in.

Friday's Headlines - Streetsblog California More Headlines at SBUSA, SBLA, and SBSF

Heads:
Transit Fares Rising in San Diego
LA Action Plan for Climate Goals
HSR Construction
SFs Street Parks
Proposal to Slash SD Downtown Parking for Events Fails
La Mesa E-Bike Restrictions
Market for Used EV's
Trump's Transpo. Bill Cuts Transit/Amtrak
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Some ideas sound real… until you check what actually got built. #transit #highspeedrail #hyperloop TikTok video by Streetsblog California

Short Vid: Hyperloop was pitched as a faster, cheaper alternative to California High-Speed Rail.

Years later, one is still an idea.

The other is under construction.

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Mayor Gloria's Budget Has Deep Cuts for Safety and Bicycle Program for the San Diego Department of Transportation - Streetsblog California Gloria when running for re-election in 2024, "Even in a difficult budget year we still put good money towards our Vision Zero plans.” Gloria's 2026 budget: Elimination of funding for the multi-modal t...

San Diego unveiled its new budget yesterday, and safe street advocates are outraged at to the entire division at SDDOT that designs and plans for bike lanes and other complete streets treatments.
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Commentary: Is a Transporter Bridge the 100-Year-Old Solution for the Estuary Crossing We've all been Looking for? - Streetsblog San Francisco A kooky but real technology called a "transporter bridge" may solve Western Alameda's "you can't get there from here" issue for cyclists and pedestrians. Not only that, it could become a major attract...

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After Reelection Loss, Chair Fernando Dutra to Leave Metro Board - Streetsblog Los Angeles Dutra's defeat means he will have to step down off the Metro Board of Directors, which he was expected to chair through the end of June.

Unseated as a Whittier City Councilmember, Fernando Dutra will soon leave the Metro Board la.streetsblog.org/2026/04/15/a...

Pasadena Adopts Most of the 710 Stub Vision Plan - Streetsblog Los Angeles Council opted to have another public workshop to discuss the Restorative Justice elements of the plan, which makes restitution to those displaced by the 710 Freeway.

Pasadena adopts vision plan for 710 Freeway stub - lots more work to do la.streetsblog.org/2026/04/16/p...

Thursday's Headlines - Streetsblog California Great news out of Fresno...

Heads:
Good Fresno Ballot Measure
Caltrans Drops Speeds on PCH in Monterey
San Diego’s Budget a Hot Mess
LAX People Mover Testing
Judge Allows LA Street Measure
San Jose Transit Funding Plans
Car Bloat?
Ocean Water At Record Highs
Snowpack At Record Low
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This piece has just been updated with information on ANOTHER piece of e-bike/e-moto legislation that's moving in Sacramento.

Check Out 'Wilshire Subway' Book and Exhibition - Streetsblog Los Angeles Wilshire Subway documents the history of what is now known as the Metro D Line - from its construction workers to its massive Tunnel Boring Machines.

A must-have for fans of Metro rail, and of L.A. history! New book out: Wilshire Subway by historian India Mandelkern and photographer Ken Karagozian la.streetsblog.org/2026/04/14/c...

Where the Hottest Blocks in Your City Are — And How To Cool Them Down — Streetsblog USA A cutting-edge tool is helping city leaders identify where they most badly need street trees, bus shelters, and more.

A cutting-edge tool is helping city leaders identify where they most badly need street trees, bus shelters, and more. usa.streetsblog.org/2026/04/15/w...

Wednesday's Headlines - Streetsblog California Reminder, it's tax day.

Heads:
Cap-and-Invest
CAHSRA Completes Underpass
Lower Speed Limit on Highway 1
Leg. to Roll Back EV Charging Mandate
Bay Area Transit Ridership Climbing
Parking Officer Gave Out 22,000 Tix Last Year
Oakland Can Now Tow Vehicles More Quickly
Much More...
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ICYMI

Musk is back to claiming he could build better transit—while trashing California High-Speed Rail.

But Hyperloop, his big idea, never actually happened. Even his own biographer says it wasn’t real.

Meanwhile, CAHSR is delayed—but under construction.

Delivery > ideas.

ICYMI

Legislation Moving to Make It Easier to Build High-Rises Near Transit in CA’s Seven Largest Cities - Streetsblog California More high rises in the downtowns of our seven largest cities?

Legislation Moving to Make It Easier to Build High-Rises Near Transit in CA’s 7 Largest Cities.

Includes state subsidy program. Advocates opposed to the legislation want that money spent more broadly but are working with the sponsor @matthaneysf.bsky.social

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Caltrans and Alameda Celebrate Official Launch of Nimitz Freeway Widening Project - Streetsblog San Francisco To move forward, first we have to stop moving backwards

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New Lawsuit and Denied Appeals Highlight Ongoing Fight Over Measure HLA Implementation - Streetsblog Los Angeles As Los Angeles rejects more HLA appeals, Linton takes them to court...again...

New Lawsuit and Denied Appeals Highlight Ongoing Fight Over Measure HLA Implementation
As L.A. rejects more HLA appeals, Linton takes them to court...again...
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What If All Cars Were Autonomous, Electric, and Free? — Streetsblog USA Can we really solve the problems of car dominance just by making cars less destructive?

Every car on the road is completely perfect. It will never hit a single pedestrian, spew an ounce of carbon, put a single family into financial distress. We have solved for all of the most glaring negative externalities of automobility.

But would that really be the world we want?

“Why Do We Do This Bill?”: Preparing Congressional Staff for Surface Transportation Reauthorization — Streetsblog USA A top advocacy organization is preparing Congress to take a critical look at the upcoming transportation reauthorization — and it's not easy.

A top advocacy organization is preparing Congress to take a critical look at the upcoming transportation reauthorization — and it's not easy usa.streetsblog.org/2026/04/14/w...