Friday’s Headlines

12:26 AM EDT on August 16, 2019

Lack of investment by the federal government is causing America's public transportation system to fall into disrepair. (Smart Cities Dive)
Driverless cars won’t save Uber and Lyft. (MarketWatch)
It seems like common sense, but new research suggests that easier access to transit will lure drivers away from their cars. (Bloomberg)
The California beach cruiser helped kick-start the cycling renaissance in the 1970s and '80s. (City Lab)
A candidate for district attorney in San Francisco is proposing having an on-call prosecutor come to the scene of every traffic death. He says the DA's office has been lax in prosecuting drivers who kill cyclists, pedestrians and other motorists. (Examiner)
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner signed an executive order officially adopting Vision Zero. (Click 2 Houston)
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority recently rolled out new cars on the Orange Line, but as Curbed points out, the T still has major problems.
The Complete Streets Louisville Coalition walked 15 miles of streets and found they need major safety improvements. (Courier Journal)
Expanding transit is a top priority for Portland, Maine, which is surveying residents to find out how they want to go about it. (Press Herald)
Toledo, Ohio, was supposed to be testing a self-driving shuttle bus by now, but what do you know? The technology just isn’t ready yet. (Blade)
Westword has an in-depth explanation of Denver's Vision Zero efforts.
Seattle has a new superhero: the Bus Lane Avenger. (Patch)

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