Today’s Headlines
Congress Wants to Bigfoot Cities and States With New Industry-Friendly Autonomous Car Rules (Slate) Meanwhile, in Taiwan: Autonomous Bus Test Carrying Passengers on University Campus (NYT) Heavy Rail Doesn’t Grab “Future of Transportation” Headlines, But It Isn’t Going Anywhere (WaPo) Cities Asking If Their Transit Is Good Enough for Amazon: Be Wary of Bad Transit … Continued
September 29, 2017
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Equitable Road Pricing: Portland Peak-Hour Drivers Are The Wealthiest Commuters (City Observatory) License Suspensions for Unpaid Fines and Fees Hit America’s Car-Dependent Poor Hardest (Slate) CityLab Looks at Larry Hogan’s Highway Building Bonanza and Comes Away Unimpressed Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez Reverses Course, Finds $13 Million to Prevent Bus, Rail Cuts (Herald) Meanwhile: Miami-Dade Commissioners … Continued
September 28, 2017
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Surprise! Private Financing, Cornerstone of Infrastructure “Plan,” No Longer Interests Trump (WaPo) America Gets an “F” on Making Walkable Cities and Towns (Fast Company) PlanPhilly Finds Mayor Jim Kenney Isn’t Keeping His Promise to Build 30 Miles of Protected Bike Lanes Hampton Roads Transit Proposes More Service on Key Bus Routes, But There’s No Funding … Continued
September 27, 2017
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D Magazine on Angela Hunt, Former Dallas City Councilwoman Who Killed Toll Highway Larry Hogan Rushes Into Highway Expansion Plan, Will Not Cure Congestion (WAMU) Seattle Wants to Connect Two Streetcar Segments, But Does the Math Add Up? (Seattle Times) Santa Monica Mayor on How His City Got Rid of Downtown Parking Minimums (LA Times) … Continued
September 26, 2017
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Pelosi: Dems Could Work With Trump on Infrastructure Next If He Keeps Word on DACA (Fox News) New Yorker Looks at the Damage Cars Cause, Including to Drivers Who Unintentionally Kill Others Baltimore Latest City to Worry If It’s Bike-Friendly Enough for Amazon (Sun) Related: Baltimore Sun Columnist Takes Larry Hogan to Task for Massive … Continued
September 25, 2017
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A Month After Harvey, Texas Tribune Finds Low-Income Houstonians Stranded Without Cars Advocates Are Wary of Boston Mayor Marty Walsh’s Slow Pace on Transportation (CityLab) DC Council Member Wants Review of “Speed Trap” Cams: With Friends Like These… (WaPo, Fox 5) Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez’s Transit Cuts Almost Derail Budget (Miami Herald) Without Federal Funding, … Continued
September 21, 2017
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Seattle DOT: Usage Stats Show Popularity of New Dockless Bike-Share (MyNorthwest, Times, KIRO) Las Vegas Pedestrian Deaths on Pace to Reach Record This Year (Nevada Public Radio) Researchers Develop Technology That Can Detect When Drivers Are Being Negligent (Wired) Nashville Activists Want Anti-Gentrification Measures in Light Rail Plan (Tennessean, WPLN, WTVF) Daily Orange Explains the … Continued
September 20, 2017
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WMATA Needs $15.5 Billion Just to Keep Things From Getting Any Worse (WaPo) From Recall Votes Over Road Diets to Gas Tax Revolt, California Motorists Are Angry (LA Times) Honolulu Rail Submits Plan to FTA for Getting Project Back on Track (KHON, Civil Beat) Boston Mayor Marty Walsh May Kill Pilot That Prices Parking in … Continued
September 19, 2017
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Trump and Infrastructure: Dems in Conservative States (Hill) and Bloomberg Columnists Are All for It Maybe Housing, Not $118,000 Parking Spots, Should Be Built at Light Rail Stops (Seattle Times) Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Goes to Bat for I-5 Highway Widening (BikePortland) Amazon’s Race to the Bottom Could Get Detroit and Its Suburbs to Push … Continued
September 18, 2017
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Houston Metro Chair: Harvey’s Devastation Underscored Importance of Transit (Chronicle) It’s Not Just Transit: Bikes Are Helping Houstonians Get Around After the Storm, Too (Chronicle) Wisconsin Legislature Bans Eminent Domain for Bike, Pedestrian Paths (Cap Times, State Journal) Classic Bikelash: Get a Grip, People — Bike Lanes Are Not Ruining Your City (Philly.com) WMATA GM: … Continued
September 15, 2017