Skip to Content
Streetsblog USA home
Streetsblog USA home
Log In
Today's Headlines

Thursday’s Headlines

7:47 AM EDT on June 27, 2019

    • Treehugger wants to replace bike lanes with “mobility lanes” for everyone who’s on wheels but not in a car — maybe even joggers, too.
    • The Supreme Court is expected to rule today on whether the Trump Administration can add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. The answer could affect how much federal funding communities get for transportation and other needs. (Dallas Morning News)
    • Forget luxury amenities like climbing walls and lazy rivers — all college students want today is parking for Uber and GrubHub. (NY Times)
    • Waze has a new app that helps commuters find carpool partners. (City Lab)
    • A Florida bill that requires voting sites to have sufficient parking could keep college students away from the polls in 2020. (HuffPost)
    • Supporters overcame a lot of uninformed arguments to get a bill passed allowing cyclists in Oregon to treat stop signs as yield signs. (Bike Portland)
    • Protected bike lanes make streets safer for everyone, and Milwaukee needs more of them. (On Milwaukee)
    • Dallas got as little warning when Uber pulled 2,000 JUMP bikes out of the city as it did when Uber dropped them in. (Morning News)
    • Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley prefers off-street bike trails to bike lanes. Which is the better path? (City Beat)
    • Opponents of Minneapolis’s Southwest light rail line have seized on bee habitats as their latest tactic to stall the project. (WCCO)
    • Bikelash can even hit the lefty utopia of Burlington, Vt. (VT Digger)

Read More:

Stay in touch

Sign up for our free newsletter

More from Streetsblog USA

Freeway Fighters

‘We Don’t Need These Highways’: Author Megan Kimble on Texas’ Ongoing Freeway Fights

...and what they have to teach other communities across America.

April 24, 2024
Today's Headlines

Should Wednesday’s Headlines 86 SUVs?

American tax law encourages people to buy the gas-guzzling and deadly vehicles, but some in Canada are pushing to ban them.

April 24, 2024
Streetsblog CaliforniaBrightline West (former XpressWest)

Brightline West Breaks Ground on Vegas to SoCal High-Speed Rail

Brightline West will be a 218-mile 186-mile-per-hour rail line from Vegas to Rancho Cucamonga — about 40 miles east of downtown L.A. — expected to open in 2028.

April 23, 2024
Today's Headlines

Tuesday’s Headlines Fix It First

How voters incentivize politicians to ignore infrastructure upkeep. Plus, are hydrogen trains the future of rail or a shiny distraction?

April 23, 2024
Transit

Why We Can’t End Violence on Transit With More Police

Are more cops the answer to violence against transit workers, or is it only driving societal tensions that make attacks more frequent?

April 23, 2024
See all posts