Tuesday’s Headlines that You Just Gotta Love

By Blake Aued

12:02 AM EST on March 2, 2021

The freeways that destroyed and divided Black communities when they were built in the 1960s are starting to crumble, fueling activists who want to have them removed. (CNN)
Skepticism in the Biden administration and a lack of ballot access outside California will make it tough for Uber and Lyft to expand Prop 22-style labor legislation nationwide. (CNBC)
Two House Democrats introduced a bill subsidizing e-bikes. It would pay 30 percent of the cost, maxing out at $1,500. (Business Insider)
Bike-share company Lime unveiled a new e-bike and announced it would expand into 50 new North American and European cities by 2022. (The Verge, Streetsblog)
The latest coronavirus relief bill will provide $140 million for a Bay Area heavy rail extension (San Jose Spotlight) and $248 million for Pittsburgh transit (Post-Gazette).
Speaking of the Steel City, biking has quadrupled since the city's first bike plan in 1999, and now a new plan calls for building 150 miles of bike lanes in the next 10 years. (WESA)
A federal judge has dismissed an ACLU lawsuit seeking to block the Los Angeles DOT from requiring e-scooter companies to provide user data. (Cities Today)
A tax increase around the Atlanta Beltline could fund the completion of the trail loop. (AJC)
Some Charlotte residents have been waiting decades for sidewalks because the city rarely updates its project rankings. (WBTV)
Support is growing for a Washington, D.C. streetcar extension, but it remains up in the air whether it will pass. (Greater Greater Washington)
A San Diego educational campaign will encourage riders to put e-scooters back in their corrals. (Fox 5)
Richmond is installing hybrid beacon signals at busy intersections to protect cyclists and pedestrians. (NBC 12)
China already has the world's largest passenger rail network and is planning on doubling it over the next 15 years. (South China Morning Post)
We told you on Friday about Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg biking to work, and DCist gathered the Twitter reactions.

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