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Better public transit doesn’t just provide more transportation options — it might be a hack to actually get Americans to exercise. (Time) Uber and Lyft are pulling out the big guns to oppose a California bill that would grant drivers labor rights (City Lab). And no wonder: One report estimates that making drivers employees, rather … Continued

By Blake Aued

12:01 AM EDT on June 18, 2019

Better public transit doesn’t just provide more transportation options — it might be a hack to actually get Americans to exercise. (Time)
Uber and Lyft are pulling out the big guns to oppose a California bill that would grant drivers labor rights (City Lab). And no wonder: One report estimates that making drivers employees, rather than independent contractors, would cost the companies — which are hugely unprofitable already — $790 million a year combined (Quartz).
Washington, D.C.’s Ward 8 is by far the deadliest district for pedestrians and cyclists, but its representative on the city council is opposed to protected bike lanes on one particularly dangerous street. (Curbed)
The two finalists for Metro Transit police chief in the Twin Cities discuss how they’d deal with homelessness, fare evasion and diversity in the police force. (MinnPost)
The Albuquerque Journal endorses the city’s new Complete Streets policy.
St. Petersburg Beach is fighting a plan to run bus rapid transit between the beach and downtown St. Petersburg. (Florida Politics)
An Oklahoma City councilman says the city’s next round of sales tax-funded capital projects should focus on transit. (Oklahoman)
Bergen County, N.J., is running buses every 70 seconds during rush hour, and they’re still overflowing. A driver shortage and lack of space at the Port Authority bus terminal in Manhattan are to blame. (NJTV)
Two Normal, Ill., council members used a wheelchair for a day to see what disabled residents would have to go through if a bus route is eliminated. (WJBC)
Seattle is adding more bike parking to help with the problem of renters leaving dockless bikes blocking the sidewalk. (KOMO)
London’s cycling commissioner called bike lanes that are merely painted a waste (The Guardian) and excoriated a London neighborhood that rejected a plan for a protected cycle track (Forbes).
Comedian Bill Maher had a typically questionable putdown for President Trump over his failure to act on infrastructure. (Deadline)

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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