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Mayor Kevin Faulconer says his proposed budget for fiscal year 2019 contains $18 million in spending on the city's "Vision Zero" campaign to end all traffic deaths. Some of that money is being spent in high-crash areas — but many projects to improve traffic safety remain mostly unfunded. -
The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County rose seven-tenths of a cent Wednesday for the second consecutive day to $3.657, its highest amount since Aug. 22, 2015. -
In a big win for labor advocates, the California Supreme Court on Monday limited businesses from classifying workers as independent contractors who can't receive key employment protections. -
Supporters of an effort to repeal California's recent gas tax increase submitted thousands of petition signatures Monday in San Diego in hopes of getting the issue on the Nov. 8 ballot. -
Crude oil prices are at the highest level in more than three years and expected to climb higher, pushing up gasoline prices along the way.
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State transportation officials have awarded San Diego's Metropolitan Transit System with $40.9 million, some of which will pay for a fleet of zero-emission buses. The money comes from the state's cap-and-trade program and last year's gas tax increase. -
KPBS Midday EditionSan Diego's main public transit operator owns acres of prime real estate across the county, much of it in the form of surface parking lots. A new report says the agency's board of directors should do more to ensure the land is put to better use. -
The workshops are scheduled at seven locations around San Diego County and are being used to help regional planners as they draft the components of "San Diego Forward: The 2019-2050 Regional Transportation Plan." -
Caltrans said since last July it has picked up over 30,000 cubic yards of trash and debris, where it normally sees upwards of 22,000 cubic yards per year. -
As an innovator and early adopter of freeways, California became the symbolic capital of car culture. But the ease of movement conferred by the massive postwar freeway building boom was short-lived, turning the dream of car travel into a nightmare of congestion and long commutes.
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