- Seven months after a self-driving car killed an Arizona woman who was crossing the street, Uber wants to start testing autonomous vehicles on public roads again. (The Verge)
- Lyft drivers are joining their Uber counterparts in suing to be considered employees rather than contractors, meaning labor protections like minimum wage laws would apply to them. (Tech Spot)
- Carmaker General Motors recently unveiled two electric bikes it plans to start selling in 2019. (USA Today)
- The Portland City Council officially approved the Southwest Corridor light rail line. It's the most expensive project in TriMet history at $2.6 billion, and is expected to carry 20 percent of the traffic between Portland and nearby Tigard once it's completed. (KATU)
- Unlike many near-useless streetcars (coughAtlantacough), Milwaukee's The Hop, which started running Friday, is designed to serve downtown residents, not tourists, connecting housing with shopping rather than museums with sports arenas. (Journal Sentinel)
- Detroit's People Mover, on the other hand, is a prime example of transit that doesn't really go anywhere or serve anyone. It sure is fun to ride, though. (City Lab)
- Seattle is stepping up enforcement on drivers who block bike lanes, bus lanes and intersections. Mayor Jenny Durkin also wants to change state law so the city can use red-light cameras to catch violators. (KIRO)
- More talk that a Democratic win on Tuesday could revive Trump's infrastructure bill. (Yahoo, Barron's)
- California Gov. Jerry Brown made a rare campaign appearance in San Francisco to, um, rail against Prop 6, which asks voters to repeal the state's new transit- and road-funding gas tax hike. (Chronicle)
- Even Alec Baldwin gets road rage. The actor was arrested Friday in New York and accused of punching a man in a disagreement over a parking space. (CNBC) And, of course, StreetsblogNYC blamed free parking as the real villain.
- A streetcar named "Look Out!": One of New Orleans's historic rail cars hit a garbage truck last week. (NOLA.com)
Today's Headlines
Monday’s Headlines
By Blake Aued
Stay in touch
Sign up for our free newsletter
More from Streetsblog USA
Wednesday’s Headlines Get Off the Cheese Wagon
Transporting K-12 students via public transit can save schools money, but there are challenges involved, like teaching children how to use the system.
August 27, 2025
The Fall of Philadelphia
"Cutting almost half of a transit system is not a way to make it more efficient. It more like asking whether you’d like to keep your heart or your lungs."
August 27, 2025
Doomsday For SEPTA Is Bad News For Everyone
Deep cuts to Philadelphia's transit system will have devastating impacts in the City of Brotherly Love — and other cities may be next.
August 27, 2025
High Speed Rail by 2032?: CHSRA Plans for Future as Feds Pull More Money from Project
High-speed rail in the Central Valley by 2032, to the Bay by 2038, and to L.A. by...sometime...
Tuesday’s Headlines Are in a Death Spiral
The worst-case scenario arrived for Philadelphia residents as draconian transit cuts took effect. Other cities could be next.
August 26, 2025
Op-Ed: A City Is Not A Cake
There's no recipe to building a great city. So why are so many zoning and road design policies written like there is — and how can loosening standards make cities less car dependent?
August 26, 2025
