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Speeding up the shift to electric vehicles in the U.S., as China is doing, could boost the economy and have a major impact on climate change. So could building more bike lanes and transit infrastructure. (Fast Company) A proposed Senate bill would set aside 5 percent of federal highway funds for Complete Streets. Better than … Continued

By Blake Aued

7:34 AM EDT on July 12, 2019

Speeding up the shift to electric vehicles in the U.S., as China is doing, could boost the economy and have a major impact on climate change. So could building more bike lanes and transit infrastructure. (Fast Company)
A proposed Senate bill would set aside 5 percent of federal highway funds for Complete Streets. Better than nothing. (Curbed, Streetsblog)
New York City has no regard for cyclists’ lives. (Bicycling)
Washington, D.C.’s Metrobus received a D on a report card issued by the Coalition for Smarter Growth. Only 60 percent of buses on 34 routes measured were on time. (Washington Post)
Uber and Lyft drivers rallied in Sacramento in support of a California gig workers’ rights bill that passed out of a Senate committee Wednesday (L.A. Times). Meanwhile, City Lab delves into how the bill would protect those drivers.
Two candidates for Nashville mayor — incumbent David Briley and John Ray Clemmons — support light rail, while two others do not. (WSMV)
Boston cyclists used their bodies to make the point that the city needs protected, not just painted, bike lanes. (Globe)
Baton Rouge will launch a bike-share program Monday (The Advocate) and Syracuse launched one Wednesday (Post-Standard) as Topeka is thinking about shutting its down (WIBW).
A water main break could shut down light rail in Baltimore for weeks. (WJZ)
A new biography is out about Major Taylor, an African-American man who won renown — and faced discrimination — as the world’s fastest cyclist in the late 19th century. (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Try to contain your rage at this New York City billionaire who thinks the public right-of-way belongs to him. (Daily News)

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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