Today’s Headlines
|- Conservative Phoenix Council Member Trying to Hijack Light Rail (Republic)
- Kansas City Voters Approve Streetcar Extension Tax 3 to 1 (Star)
- Walking in Charlotte Is Getting More Dangerous (Five)
- Mobility Lab Proposes Taxing Ride-Sharers and Ride-Hailers Alike
- FTA Awards Grants to Six Cities for On-Demand Transit (Smart Cities Dive)
- What Do Seattle Bike-Share Users Want? (Curbed)
- 3,000 People Used Memphis Bike-Share in First Month (Flyer, Daily News)
- Orlando Officials Ditch Gas Tax Referendum (Sentinel)
- Indianapolis Star Test-Drives City’s New E-Scooters
- “The Hop” Releases Tips to Avoid Death by Streetcar (Milwaukee Record)
- New Jersey Men Settle Parking Dispute With Sword Fight (The Drive)
Talking Headways Podcast: Value Capture and Transit-Oriented Development
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This week we talk with Stan Wall of HR&A Advisors. Stan tells us about his earlier work as director of real estate and station planning for WMATA in Washington DC, including an interesting case study -- the redevelopment at the NoMa transit station -- his favorite projects, and what "value capture" actually means.
Today’s Headlines
|- Phoenix City Council Vote on Light Rail Project Pushed to Next Week (AZ Central)
- Cincinnati Mayor Proposes Cuts to Traffic Calming, Bike Lanes (WCPO)
- Las Vegas Light Rail Could Spur New Development (Review-Journal)
- Deadline Detroit and Daily Detroit Blast Anti-Bike-Lane Crain’s Op-Ed
- County Selects Route for St. Paul Streetcar Line (Star Tribune)
- MBTA Tries Surge Pricing in Boston Parking Lots (Curbed)
- Honolulu Mayor Vetoes Bill Capping Ride-Hailing Surge Pricing (Civil Beat)
- Athens, GA, Updates Bike Master Plan (Flagpole)
- Vancouver Could Move to Distance-Based Transit Fares (Langley Times)
Why Affordable Housing Is So Important for Development Near Transit
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What happens when you build housing around transit, but it's not affordable to the people who ride transit the most?
Today’s Headlines
|- Georgia Will Spend $100 Million on Kinda-Sorta BRT for Atlanta (AJC)
- Purple Line Construction in Maryland Moves Ahead (WTOP)
- Las Vegas Review-Journal Continues Crusade Against Light-Rail
- Las Vegas Sun: Light Rail Recommendation “Something to Cheer About”
- Smart Sensors Will Help Portland Design Safer Streets (KATU, Oregonian)
- Topeka Has a Walking Problem, Not a Parking Problem (Capitol-Journal)
- How Real-Time Transit Data Can Lead to a Car-Free Future (Sidewalk Talk)
- Seattle Will Award Contracts This Fall for 2024 Rail Expansion (Herald)
- Orlando Drivers Value Speed Over Safety (WESH)
- Oklahoma City Streetcar Testing Started on Tuesday (KFOR)
Global Business Press Impresario Keith Crain Pens Epic Anti-Bike Screed
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Keith Crain, chief executive of Crain Communications, saw some bike lanes and wants you to know that he's very mad.
Making Traffic Signals Fair for Pedestrians
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Traffic engineering conventions deprive people on foot of sufficient time to cross the street. We should change that.
Today’s Headlines
| | 1 Comment- How the Oil Billionaire Koch Brothers Attack Transit Projects Around the Country (NYT)
- NoVa Will Spend $1.3 Billion on Road Projects (WTOP)
- Pittsburgh Considers Lowering Speed Limits, Adding Bike Lanes (WPXI)
- Future Tri-Rail Station Draws Development to Palm Beach (Palm Beach Post)
- New Orleans Bike Rental Businesses Oppose Bike-Share (WDSU)
- Massachusetts Town Appeals State Bike Lane Project (Mass Live)
- Transit Agencies Should Provide First/Last Mile Service (Mobility Lab)
- Influx of E-Scooters Causes Confusion in Charlotte (Observer)
- Tampa-Area Residents Blame Crash Victims, Not Drivers Who Killed Them (WFTS)
- Utah Wants to Wring More Revenue From Transit Riders (Salt Lake Tribune)
Miami’s Mindless Highway Addiction Gets the Mockery It Deserves
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A 15-mile highway extension would bring sprawl to the edge of the Everglades and drain resources that could be used for transit.
Talking Headways Podcast: The New Atlanta Way
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This week's guest is Odetta MacLeish White of the TransFormation Alliance in Atlanta. Tune in for a lively discussion about displacement pressures along the BeltLine, the history of segregation in planning, and big changes in advocacy and equity in the Atlanta region.
Today’s Headlines
|- Bill Could Put Durham-Orange Light Rail Back on Track (News & Observer)
- Can the Damage Freeways Did to Cities Be Undone? (Slate)
- Milwaukee County Redesigning Its Transit Network (WUWM)
- Birmingham Suburb Wants BRT on Congested Highway (CBS 42)
- Cranky Baltimore Residents Push Back Against Plan to Widen Bike Lane (Fox 5)
- GOP Donor-Owned Las Vegas Review-Journal Calls Light Rail a “Boondoggle”
- FDOT Grant Means Tampa Streetcar Will Be Free for Three Years (TB Times)
- Motorists — Including Police — Often Park Illegally in Boston Bike Lane (WBZ)
- Drivers Aren’t the Only Ones Blocking Bike Lanes (KRXI)
- Santiago’s Already Big Subway System Is Doubling in Size (Next City)