Portland Plans to Make Protected Bike Lanes Standard Street Infrastructure
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The city is on the verge of releasing a design guide that will expedite implementation of protected bike lanes on 450 miles of streets.
Today’s Headlines
|- More From the NTSB Investigation of Fatal Uber Self-Driving Car Crash (NPR, PBS)
- Wired Doesn’t Think California Should Regulate Self-Driving Vehicles
- Before Cars, Streets Were Designed for Everyone and Everything (ATL Urbanist)
- Tampa Was Slow to Fix Street Where Driver Killed Mom and Child in Crosswalk (Times)
- Minnesota Transit Falls Behind Peers (Star Tribune)
- Buffalo, Other Upstate NY Cities Pass Vision Zero Policies (WGRZ)
- Harrisburg, PA, Residents Want Drivers to Slow Down (ABC 27)
- Metro Profiles Philadelphia Woman Fighting for Safer Streets
- Little Rock Streetcar Will Be Free Over Memorial Day Weekend (Democrat-Gazette)
- Dockless Scooter Hunting: Side Hustle or Scam? (CityLab)
Talking Headways Podcast: Building a Culture of Transit Ridership
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This week's guest is Tom Gerend, executive director of the KC Streetcar Authority. Tom tells us about the challenges of creating the streetcar and a broader regional transit network, and explains the value capture mechanism that funds all of the KC Streetcar’s operations and maintenance.
Today’s Headlines
| | 1 Comment- Poll: Americans Want Feds to Spend More on Infrastructure (The Hill, USA Today)
- Transport Review: Autonomous Vehicles Will Increase Sprawl and Car Dependence
- How Cities Are Regulating Dockless Bike-Share and Scooter Fleets (Vice)
- Michigan GOP Wants to Kneecap Detroit Regional Transit Proposal (WDET)
- West Palm Beach Approves Less Car-Centric Transpo Plan (Palm Beach Post)
- Bike Walk Memphis Wants Pedestrian-Friendly Pilot Project Left in Place (Flyer)
- Milwaukee Streetcar Extension Plan Moves Forward (Urban Milwaukee)
- Shreveport Kicks Off New Phase of 359-Mile Bike Network Plan (KTBS)
- Cincinnati Council Member Proposes Making Streetcar Fare-Free (Enquirer)
- Bend, Oregon, Bike Lanes Filled With Rocks, Glass and Trash (Bulletin)
Today’s Headlines
|- Seattle Could Add More Bike Lanes If It Didn’t Rebuild Whole Streets for Each Project (Seattle Times)
- Detroit Isn’t Maintaining Its 260 Miles of New Bike Lanes (Project D)
- Construction Starts on Center City Protected Bike Lane in Philly (Philly Mag)
- Atlanta Shifting Away From “All Cars, All the Time” (Curbed)
- Latest Inspection Finds More DC Metro Safety Problems (WTOP)
- Phoenix Council Approves Light Rail Extension to Metrocenter Mall (KJZZ)
- Honolulu Removes Crosswalks That Aren’t at Traffic Lights (Civil Beat)
- Oklahoma City Starts Six Months of Streetcar Testing This Week (Oklahoman)
- Richmond Drivers Aren’t Used to the Floating Parking for a Protected Bike Lane Yet (Times-Dispatch)
- Memphis Bike-Share Launches This Morning (WREG)
Will Atlanta Double Down on Its Streetcar Mistake?
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The streetcar is slow because it runs in mixed traffic. Atlanta's new light rail lines might also share lanes with cars.
Today’s Headlines
|- Roads Designed for Cars Are a Public Health Crisis (Governing)
- On Car-Centric Streets, Pedestrians Get Blamed for Their Own Deaths (Austin Monitor)
- Maryland Dems Promise to Outdo Hogan on Transit (WaPo)
- Here’s Where San Antonio Drivers Kill the Most Pedestrians (Rivard Report)
- Streetcar Proposed on Abandoned Winston-Salem Rail Line (Spectrum News)
- Bike Score Names Minneapolis America’s Most Bike-Friendly City (Next City)
- Eugene Opens Bike Path Under New Freeway Interchange (Register Guard)
- Connecticut Transit Tries Honor System for Collecting Fares (CT Post)
- GOP Thinks California Gas-Tax Repeal Could Save House Majority (Fox News)
- Arlington — America’s Fittest City — Gets a Shoutout on SNL (Mobility Lab)
Five Ground Rules to Help Cities Get the Most Out of Dockless Bike-Share
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Safe users, clear public spaces, equal access: cities should demand them all from bike share companies.
Today’s Headlines
|- U.S. Transit Systems Have a Combined $90 Billion Repair Backlog (Curbed)
- Non-Motorized Transportation Catches On in Motor City (Detroit Free Press)
- Mourners Say Philadelphia’s Done Nothing to Protect Cyclists (WHYY)
- DC Residents Create Protected Bike Lane With Their Bodies (WAMU)
- Routing Light Rail Through Atlanta Streetcar Will Choke System (Atlanta Mag)
- Housing Austin’s Homeless Could Reduce Pedestrian Deaths (KUT)
- Albuquerque Activists Urge City to Adopt Vision Zero (Journal)
- Richmond Opens Two-Way Protected Bike Lane (WWBT)
- Cincinnati Theater Troupe Will Stage Plays on Streetcar (Enquirer)
House Bill Would Require Agencies to Address Sexual Harassment on Buses and Trains
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The "Stop Sexual Assault and Harassment in Transportation Act” would require transit agencies to take measures to protect riders and employees.
Today’s Headlines
| | 1 Comment- Metro DC Biz Leaders Want Toll Hikes and More Transit Funding (WTOP)
- Brightline Could Transform Transit in Car-Happy South Florida (Fast Company)
- Minnesota Governor: GOP Has Declared War on Transit (Minneapolis Post)
- Pittsburgh Considers More Bike Lanes, Lower Speed Limits (WXPI)
- St. Petersburg Bike-Share Users Rode 90,000 Miles Last Year (Tampa Bay Times)
- Pedestrian Deaths Are Up in Seattle (Crosscut), Down in San Antonio (News4SA)
- Boston Declares War on Cambridge Dockless Bike-Share (Globe)
- Failed Baton Rouge Tram Plan Returns as Bus Rapid Transit (The Advocate)
- Toledo Doubles Sidewalk Repair Budget (WTOL)
- Estonia Becomes the First Country With Free Transit Nationwide (Pop Up City)