Today’s Headlines
Monday’s Headlines
Startups are abandoning suburban office parks in favor of urban areas with good transit. (City Lab) Vice gets to the heart of Uber and Lyft’s desperate battle against a California bill reclassifying drivers as employees rather than contractors: It could destroy their unsustainable business model by increasing the already unprofitable companies’ labor costs. Likewise, a … Continued
July 22, 2019
Friday’s Headlines
The Trump Administration is still holding back billions of dollars in funding for public transit. (Curbed, Streetsblog) Cities need new infrastructure to handle the rise of e-commerce as deliveries add to congestion. (Bloomberg) Google Maps is now displaying bike-share docks in 24 cities. (Engadget) A Blue Line power shutdown on Wednesday and last month’s Red … Continued
July 19, 2019
Thursday’s Headlines
Unless people drastically reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, temperatures all over the country will rise to dangerous levels in the coming decade (Mic). The Union of Concerned Scientists has created an alarming interactive map that tells you how hot your community could get. (Spoiler alert: some hobbits might show up and throw a ring at you.) … Continued
July 18, 2019
Wednesday’s Headlines
A New York Times story about self-driving cars focuses on whether the technology is feasible and doesn’t stop to question if or how it will get vehicles off the roads. Scooter rental companies Lime and Bird are starting to get serious about safety. (City Lab) The mobility tool Populus now has the ability to show … Continued
July 17, 2019
Tuesday’s Headlines
Lyft’s courtroom victory making it the sole bike-share provider in San Francisco is also a big win for the company in its war with Uber. (Business Insider) A scooter skeptic has seen the light. (Washington Post) The ride-hailing bubble is about to burst, part infinity. (National Review) Parking in Los Angeles is a blood sport, … Continued
July 16, 2019
Monday’s Headlines
The National Complete Streets Coalition ranked the 100 most dangerous congressional districts for pedestrians in an addendum to its most recent Dangerous by Design report (Forbes). Topped by Arizona’s Seventh District, the vast majority are in the South and West. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) says he wants a committee … Continued
July 15, 2019
Friday’s Headlines
Speeding up the shift to electric vehicles in the U.S., as China is doing, could boost the economy and have a major impact on climate change. So could building more bike lanes and transit infrastructure. (Fast Company) A proposed Senate bill would set aside 5 percent of federal highway funds for Complete Streets. Better than … Continued
July 12, 2019
Wednesday’s Headlines
Shaped by Big Oil, auto barons, segregation, mortgage lenders and suburbanites, the American legal system has made car ownership a virtual necessity. Not only that — traffic laws prioritize the safety of car occupants, criminal penalties are less for those who kill with cars, and courts make it difficult to sue those drivers. (The Atlantic) … Continued
July 10, 2019
Tuesday’s Headlines
Biking is the future of urban transportation, but the poor are being left behind. (Daily Beast) A former Department of Labor administrator in the Obama Administration makes the case that Uber and Lyft drivers are employees with labor rights. (L.A. Times) Automaker Lee Iacocca — who was as responsible as anyone for America’s car culture … Continued
July 9, 2019
Monday’s Headlines
No, they don’t increase pollution. Yes, people use them. No, not just middle-class white men. The Guardian busts 10 myths about bike lanes. Uber is offering drivers more perks, but they’d probably prefer higher pay instead (Venture Beat). But the company views its 3.9 million drivers and their demands as a major drag on its … Continued
July 8, 2019