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Uber and Lyft are distracting investors from better and cheaper ways to fix transportation. (The Week) The Federal Transit Administration has awarded $85 million in grants for low- and no-emissions buses and $33 million for ferries. (SmartCitiesWorld) Does this have anything to do with the FTA? Probably not! But the world’s largest electric ferry just … Continued

By Blake Aued

12:05 AM EDT on August 21, 2019

Uber and Lyft are distracting investors from better and cheaper ways to fix transportation. (The Week)
The Federal Transit Administration has awarded $85 million in grants for low- and no-emissions buses and $33 million for ferries. (SmartCitiesWorld)
Does this have anything to do with the FTA? Probably not! But the world’s largest electric ferry just made its maiden voyage. (CNBC)
It used to be easy to take transit to the beach. Not anymore. (City Lab)
San Diego is selling $335 million in bonds to help finance the Mid-Coast Trolley’s Blue Line extension. (Fox 5)
More than a fifth of Denver’s 76 pedestrian deaths since 2013 happened Federal Boulevard. It was one of the first streets targeted for a Vision Zero makeover last summer. (Westword)
A nonprofit for people with disabilities urges Phoenix voters to reject the anti-rail Prop 105. (Arizona Capitol Times)
Light rail is back up and running in Baltimore six weeks after a sinkhole shut down the system. (Fishbowl)
Six D.C. Metro stations are expected to reopen on Sept. 9, which will also mark the return of parking fees that were waived during construction. (WTOP)
The Rhode Island DOT wants to cut $37 million from pedestrian and bike infrastructure. (eco RI)
Columbus buses are moving faster now that they’re using a dedicated bus/bike lane (Dispatch), and a new dedicated bus lane opened last weekend in downtown Austin — and no, it’s not going the wrong way. (Spectrum News).
Life comes at you fast: A California IT professional thought he found a clever way to avoid getting tickets. He wound up with $6,000 worth of them and now refuses to pay. (The Drive)
Hasan Minhaj has figured out all the problems with American transit. (Milwaukee Record)

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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