You won't see this kind of coverage in many U.S. papers, but the Guardian wants to fix our cities. Plus other news.

Lots of news out of California (hey, it's a big state). Plus the rest of the stuff you need today.

A lot of news from the nation's capital. But there's other news, too.

Transit in a death spiral? Maybe cities need to charge drivers more and transit riders less. Click here for those stories and more.

A Canadian province quadrupled the fine for dooring a cyclist (can we move to Canada?). Plus all the other news.

Transportation for America is organizing a tweetstorm today. Plus other news.

Black lives matter. Freight important for safer streets. Click here for those stories and more.

Basically, the solution all boils down to good transit. That, plus all the other news in our daily digest.

Welcome to the first full work week of September, so let's shake those Labor Day vacation blues with today's news digest.