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This is a good time to sell your car and buy a bike. The links will tell you how.

By Blake Aued

12:00 AM EST on December 30, 2021

Bikes might be in short supply due to supply chain problems, but cars are in even shorter supply. If you’ve ever considering going car-free, this is still is a good time. Sell that used car and get a bike. (Outside)
The desire for wider, cleaner streets has its roots in Dickensian London, but the reality is that streets will never be cleaner as long as they keep getting wider. (Undark)
Momentum‘s top stories of 2021 cover how to buy a used bike and how to bike with a dog, among other topics.
Sound Transit’s Federal Way line between Seattle and Tacoma is now halfway done. (News Tribune)
Florida and Tampa area officials have deferred to drivers at every step of a proposed bus rapid transit line, and they’re set to do so again. (Tampa Bay Times)
Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin’s pledge to cut gas taxes could endanger plans to expand Northern Virginia transit. (Inside NoVa)
Connecticut residents are starting to feel the effects of climate change, but the state government is slow to respond. (Hartford Courrant)
In Savannah, where drivers often hit pedestrians in the historic district, an alderman is pushing for Vision Zero. (WTOC)
An Arkansas regional transit board has decided to give more weight to urban areas. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
An underground parking garage collapsed at a Cleveland apartment complex. (News 19)

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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