Today’s Headlines
- Why Larger Populations Don't Equate to Longer Commutes (CityLab)
- Norton Asks Feds to Ease Funding Shackles for DC Metro (WAMU)
- Next City Proposes New Year's Resolutions for Cities, Including: No More Sharrows
- Boston Transit Board Looks at Fare Hikes (AP)
- GM's $500 Million Bet on Lyft and Self-Driving Cars (NYT)
- Uber and Lyft Face Biggest Test Yet With Vegas Trade Show Traffic (Bloomberg)
- New Year Brings Gas Tax Changes Across States (Tax Justice Blog)
- Urban Freeway Spells Injustice for Denver's Latino Neighborhoods (Summit Daily)
- Connecticut "Hopeful But Mystified" on Big Northeast Rail Plans (CT Mirror)
- Germany Introduces Intercity "Bike Autobahn" (CityLab)
Stay in touch
Sign up for our free newsletter
More from Streetsblog USA
Talking Headways Podcast: Beyond Greenways
This week we’re joined by Bob Searns to talk about his new book and grand ideas for walking trails that circle whole regions and more local routes that make up a new mode of green infrastructure in cities.
Thursday’s Headlines Are Inside Out
Cars and trucks are getting safer for drivers and passengers, but people outside the vehicles are increasingly in danger.
New Federal Committee Will Push for Transportation Equity By Helping DOT Reckon With Its Past
“No one alive today is necessarily responsible for the origins of the [transportation] inequities that we inherited. But everybody who was alive today and in a position of responsibility, is accountable for what we do about it. That's why we're here.”
Report: America’s Historic Bike Boom is Flatlining
"This growth won't continue forever without being facilitated by more infrastructure investment, [and particularly] safety infrastructure."
SF Advocates Explore How Enhancing Disability Access on Transit Helps for Everyone
BART was the first accessible transit system in the country. Advocates want Bay Area transit agencies to do better at keeping buses and trains accessible for all.
