Thursday’s Headlines Welcome You Back
This is a good time to sell your car and buy a bike. The links will tell you how.
By
Blake Aued
12:00 AM EST on December 30, 2021
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- Bikes might be in short supply due to supply chain problems, but cars are in even shorter supply. If you’ve ever considering going car-free, this is still is a good time. Sell that used car and get a bike. (Outside)
- The desire for wider, cleaner streets has its roots in Dickensian London, but the reality is that streets will never be cleaner as long as they keep getting wider. (Undark)
- Momentum‘s top stories of 2021 cover how to buy a used bike and how to bike with a dog, among other topics.
- Sound Transit’s Federal Way line between Seattle and Tacoma is now halfway done. (News Tribune)
- Florida and Tampa area officials have deferred to drivers at every step of a proposed bus rapid transit line, and they’re set to do so again. (Tampa Bay Times)
- Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin’s pledge to cut gas taxes could endanger plans to expand Northern Virginia transit. (Inside NoVa)
- Connecticut residents are starting to feel the effects of climate change, but the state government is slow to respond. (Hartford Courrant)
- In Savannah, where drivers often hit pedestrians in the historic district, an alderman is pushing for Vision Zero. (WTOC)
- An Arkansas regional transit board has decided to give more weight to urban areas. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
- An underground parking garage collapsed at a Cleveland apartment complex. (News 19)
Blake Aued has been doing Streetsblog's daily national news digest for years. He's also an Atlanta Braves fan, which enrages his editor in New York.
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