Thursday’s Headlines Are Crosseyed and Painless
As yet another self-imposed deadline looms, we're still waiting on an infrastructure deal between the progressive and moderate wings of the Democratic Party.
By
Blake Aued
12:01 AM EDT on October 28, 2021
- Wednesday held out hope that an infrastructure deal might materialize, but you can probably guess what happened next. (Politico)
- Breaking news: Nature is better than concrete at preventing climate change. (Reuters)
- Planning to vote in Virginia elections on Tuesday? Hampton Roads transit won’t be collecting fares Nov. 2. (13 News Now)
- Houston is repainting its bus-only lanes to make them safer. (Mass Transit)
- Huntsville is using a $12.5 million federal grant to build a new bus transfer station downtown. (WAAY)
- Myrtle Beach settled a lawsuit filed by the NAACP alleging that it discriminated against Black Bike Week against majority white Harley Week. (WPDE)
- New bike lane alert: There’s one in Denver (9 News), more in Bakersfield (Californian) and another is coming to Tempe (KTAR).
- The Spanish government wants to establish low-emissions zones in 149 cities, subsidize electric vehicles and spend more on transit (Eltis).
- London is expanding its low-emissions zone where polluting vehicles have to pay to drive. (CNBC)
- A $6.4 billion Wellington transportation plan doesn’t add a single car lane (New Zealand Herald).
- Austria introduced a cheap “climate ticket” to encourage tourists to take electric trains into the mountains (CNN Travel).
- Pixar movies even “Cars” are actually lowkey urbanist. (Common Edge)
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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