Tuesday’s Headlines Believe the Children Are Our Future
Teens and 20-somethings are driving a freeway revolt in Portland. Plus, yellow cabs are making a comeback and more news.
By
Blake Aued
12:00 AM EST on January 25, 2022
- After years of losing riders to Uber and Lyft, taxis are making a comeback by embracing apps and mobile payment. But drivers still face challenges from COVID and medallion costs. (Next City)
- Quick-build projects can big a big difference, and gentrification fears shouldn’t be an excuse not to invest in communities. Those were two takeaways from a Smart Growth America equity summit.
- Artificial intelligence could help create more equitable congestion pricing systems. (Route 50)
- CityLab profiles the young climate activists fighting the I-5 expansion in Portland’s Rose Quarter, who won a couple of recent victory when the feds rescinded environmental approval (BikePortland) and Oregon DOT officials said the project is facing a $500 million shortfall (Oregonian).
- Remote work is devastating New York commuter rail, with ticket sales down 75 percent. (NY Times)
- A Massachusetts bill would force 175 suburban Boston cities to build hundreds of thousands of new apartments near transit stops. (Slate)
- It’s time for Austin to end minimum parking requirements citywide. (Towers)
- Drivers have already killed five cyclists and pedestrians in Montgomery County, Maryland, this year, denoting a lack of progress on Vision Zero. (Bethesda Magazine)
- Residents are also demanding safer streets in Nashville, where drivers killed 39 pedestrians in 2020, 37 last year and three already in 2022. (WSMV)
- In Omaha, drivers have sent 13 pedestrians to the hospital in January. (KETV)
- Cincinnati officials are considering turning a proposed multi-use path into a protected bike lane to free up money for other bike projects. (WCPO)
- Asheville is spending $2.8 million to build nearly a mile of new sidewalk. (WLOS)
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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