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Tuesday’s Headlines to Nowhere

12:00 AM EDT on July 26, 2022

    • Cities built hundreds of miles of bike lanes during the pandemic, but many of those patchwork lanes abruptly end, frustrating riders. (Wall Street Journal)
    • Better transit could help renters avoid eviction: Research shows that the farther a person who's served with an eviction notice lives from the courthouse, the less likely they are to show up for their hearing. (City Lab)
    • In his first column for Outside, "Parks & Rec" star Nick Offerman recalls being bullied by motorists during bike commutes.
    • Oregon's land use commission approved the largest rollback of parking mandates in U.S. history. (Sightline)
    • Chicago has expanded its incentive program for developers to build housing near transit lines. (Block Club)
    • New York City drivers already think they own the streets, and now they want their own dedicated parking permits, too. (NY Post)
    • Massachusetts lawmakers are studying congestion pricing. (Boston Globe)
    • Most jobs in San Diego are inaccessible by transit. (Voice of San Diego)
    • Miami Beach is experimenting with "noise cameras" to ticket drivers in cars with loud mufflers or who are blaring music. (Smart Cities Dive)
    • A new Vision Zero report from Montgomery County, Maryland, identifies high-risk corridors and intersections. (WTOP)
    • Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has signed off on a road diet for 11th Street. (Houston Press)
    • Chinese bike-share Ofo announced it's pulling out of Dallas, but for now, the bikes are still on the streets. (Dallas Observer)
    • Pete Buttigieg secretly loves interstates. (The Onion)

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