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Thursday’s Headlines Are at an All-Time High

Just like gas prices. Plus, a Q&A with former Streetsblog editor Angie Schmitt, and why quick delivery could be bad for the environment even if it saves car trips.

By Blake Aued

12:00 AM EDT on May 12, 2022

Thursday’s Headlines Are at an All-Time High

Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Gas prices have hit another all-time high. (Politico)
Current Affairs interviews author and former Streetsblog editor Angie Schmitt about the “silent epidemic” of pedestrian deaths.
Same-day and next-day delivery is stressing workers and damaging the environment. (The Guardian)
Is Uber finally coming to terms with the idea that moving people around crowded cities in cars was never going to be a profitable idea? (Curbed)
Switching from weekly to monthly fare-capping would do more to help low-income and minority New York City transit riders. (Transit Center)
Washington, D.C.-area commuters continue to choose congestion, as four in five get to work by car, the same percentage as 50 years ago. (Brookings)
Ten years after Chicago created a plan for a safe bike network, cyclists are still dying because the network is incomplete. (Sun-Times)
Charlotte residents are skeptical that signs telling drivers how fast they’re going will actually make them slow down. (WCNC)
San Diego supervisors approved a fare-free transit pass program for residents 18 and under. (Times of San Diego)
Almost 60 percent of voters in the Austin suburb of Leander voted to keep paying taxes for Cap Metro service, but transit officials still want to win over skeptics. (KUT)
With high-speed surface roads becoming a thing of the past, San Antonio officials want to revise the city’s 1978 major thoroughfares plan. (Report)
The Ohio DOT is investing $51 million in transportation safety projects. (Transportation Today)
Arlington, Virginia, broke ground on a $29 million bus rapid transit extension. (ARLnow)
A driver whose SUV jumped a curb and ran into a Philadelphia subway station killed three people, including two pedestrians and himself. (6 ABC)
Dubai is building 25 miles of dedicated bus and taxi lanes. (Intelligent Transport)

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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