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More on Tuesday’s big infrastructure meeting among the powers that be: Politico, Washington Post, McClatchy, Streetsblog. Sidewalk Labs, Google’s sometimes-creepy sister company, has a common-sense plan for designing modern city streets: Recapture the space for the public, while separating modes and speeds. (Fast Company) Uber and Lyft have stopped hiring drivers in New York City, … Continued

By Blake Aued

12:01 AM EDT on May 2, 2019

More on Tuesday’s big infrastructure meeting among the powers that be: Politico, Washington Post, McClatchy, Streetsblog.
Sidewalk Labs, Google’s sometimes-creepy sister company, has a common-sense plan for designing modern city streets: Recapture the space for the public, while separating modes and speeds. (Fast Company)
Uber and Lyft have stopped hiring drivers in New York City, which the companies cast as balancing supply and demand in the wake of a new minimum wage for drivers. (Engadget) It’s only a win for drivers, but everyone who will see the benefits of reduced congestion. (StreetsblogUSA)
Uber continues to pretend like it’s not competing with public transit by adding schedules and directions to stops on its London app. (The Verge)
The Federal Transit Administration is winding down its oversight of the D.C. Metro, and Greater Greater Washington has an overview.
Fort Worth, Texas is getting a new fleet of e-bikes (NBCDFW), and e-scooters are coming to Raleigh and Durham, N.C. (WTVD).
Baltimore cyclists are protesting Mayor Catherine Pugh’s decision to move a protected bike lane adjacent to car traffic. (Sun) Anti-bike troll Josh Marshall from Talking Points Memo certainly didn’t make friends championing the move (via Twitter).
A vote on Complete Streets is headed for the St. Petersburg city council. (Florida Politics)
The Pittsburgh City Paper has a guide for getting around on transit, bike and foot.
Uber is not the next Amazon. Stop trying to make “the next Amazon” happen. (CNBC)

Blake Aued

Blake Aued has been doing Streetsblog's daily national news digest for years. He's also an Atlanta Braves fan, which enrages his editor in New York.

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