Tuesday’s Headlines Are Sick of Sprawl
How cities built for car dependence contribute to climate change. Plus, a windfall tax on oil companies' record profits?
By
Blake Aued
12:00 AM EDT on May 3, 2022
- As oil companies reap record profits thanks to high gas prices, progressives are calling for a windfall tax. (The Hill)
- Urban sprawl and auto-centric planning in U.S. cities are a major factor in climate change. (Popular Science)
- The White House is enlisting watchdogs to guard against waste and fraud from the $1.2 trillion infrastructure law. (Washington Post)
- Apartment-dwellers often have a hard time finding places to charge their electric vehicles overnight. (USA Today)
- U.S. transit projects too often fall behind schedule, and a UC-Berkeley study found it’s because agencies are often too understaffed to properly plan them. (Smart Cities Dive)
- California officials completed the environmental review for a 90-mile stretch of high-speed rail between Merced and San Jose, and agreed to renovate a Los Angeles train station. (Streetsblog CAL)
- With billions of dollars in federal funding available, now would be a good time for Philadelphia to take another look at building the Roosevelt Boulevard subway. (WHYY)
- Twin Cities transit ridership is slowly recovering, but Metro Transit is still experiencing staff shortages and route cuts. (Pioneer Press)
- Residents of an Austin suburb will vote this week on whether to withdraw from the Capitol Metro transit system. (American-Statesman)
- Boulder biking advocates are worried that a street redesign to accommodate drivers’ access to a new development will make it more dangerous for cyclists and pedestrians. (Daily Camera)
- Kansas City doesn’t have a great transit system, but some riders still use it by choice. KCUR has their stories.
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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