Today’s Headlines
Monday’s Headlines
The “Seattle Squeeze” is on, as the Alaskan Way Viaduct is now permanently closed. Curbed has a rundown on what Sound Transit is and is not doing to help commuters. Even though it’s January, biking might be the best way to get around, reports the Post-Intelligencer. Less productively, KING chides pedestrians for slowing down traffic by stepping … Continued
January 14, 2019
Friday’s Headlines
Like many new technologies, e-scooters are polarizing and characterized by opponents as unsafe — although the jury’s still out on that. The courts have yet to sort out who’s to blame when a scooter rider is injured. (City Lab) With a top speed of around 12 miles per hour, e-scooters are too slow for streets … Continued
January 11, 2019
Thursday’s Headlines
Uber and Lyft have been offering free or discounted rides to people seeking services like medical treatment, which is nice of them (and good PR), but GeekWire suggests (correctly) that it’s really the government’s job to fill in transportation gaps. At the end of the day, private companies exist to make as much profit as … Continued
January 10, 2019
Wednesday’s Headlines
More than 20 neighborhoods have applied for a Philadelphia safe-streets pilot program that only has enough funding for two (which is crazy when you think about it). (Billy Penn) Ford is unveiling new technology that will let let cyclists and pedestrians use their cellphones to alert vehicles to their location. Yeah, um, no. (Smart Cities … Continued
January 9, 2019
Tuesday’s Headlines
Everybody Ubers! (Except the poor and olds.) More than twice as many people use ride-hailing services in 2018 as 2015, but ridership skewed heavily toward the young, the college-educated and the high-income. (Pew Research) As GoTriangle prepares to submit an application for a $1.2-billion federal grant, top Durham officials make a final case for the … Continued
January 8, 2019
Monday’s Headlines
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo — who also reversed course on a planned L-line shutdown last week —signed a “lockbox” bill that will make it harder for legislators to raid transit funding for other expenses. (Daily News) Meanwhile, City Lab has a list of other ways to fund the NYC subway, including congestion pricing and … Continued
January 7, 2019
Friday’s Headlines
According to the latest Census figures, the number of Americans who bike to work fell by 3 percent from 2016 to 2017. Experts blamed a lack of safe and connected bike infrastructure, although your mileage may vary depending on where you live: Some cities, like Portland, Ore., and Washington, D.C., saw an increase in bike … Continued
January 4, 2019
Thursday’s Headlines
After an uptick in traffic deaths, the Washington Post editorial board called on, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration to get serious about Vision Zero. Seventy years of taxpayer-subsidized, auto-centric sprawl have created a nation of clogged highways, urban decay, segregated neighborhoods, obesity, loneliness, isolation and ugliness. (AMP) Houston keeps on building freeways, freeways and more … Continued
January 3, 2019
Wednesday’s Headlines: The ‘ICYMI’ Edition
Welcome to 2019. But before we start the year, let's review a few stories you might have missed in the waning days of 2018:
January 2, 2019
Monday’s Headlines: Year-in-Review Edition
Streetsblog hopes your holidays were as happy as ours. But before we fully drum out 2018, here are a few year-end headlines recapping 2018 and looking ahead to 2019 as we ring in the new year.
December 31, 2018