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Thursday’s Headlines Throwing Shade at Sharrows

Nobody likes them, and they don't work. Build real bike infrastructure instead. Plus, why DART is considering giving back over $200 million in tax revenue.

By Blake Aued

12:00 AM EDT on August 4, 2022

Thursday’s Headlines Throwing Shade at Sharrows

Photo: University of Colorado Denver

Cyclists hate them. Drivers ignore them. They’re sharrows, the most hated symbol in all the transportation world — except for spendthrift traffic engineers. (Denverite via Planetizen)
Sustainable transportation advocates say cutting high-speed rail funding out of Senate Democrats’ climate bill in favor of subsidies for electric cars was a mistake. (Streetsblog USA)
Uber, somehow, had a positive cash flow last quarter but still remains unprofitable. (The Verge)
Denver traffic deaths are on pace to reach an all-time record. (Westword)
Dallas Area Rapid Transit is considering redistributing a $215 million sales-tax windfall to member cities, even though it has $1 billion worth of capital expenses coming up that the money would help with. (D Magazine)
MinnPost columnist Bill Lindeke takes down the New York Times’ Ross Douthat’s recent column in praise of driving.
Boston cyclists formed a human bike lane on Charles Street to advocate for a complete bike network. (WHDH)
Rep. Jackie Walorski, an Indiana Republican, and three others were killed in a car crash. (Politico)
A new Tampa business is renting out golf carts as an alternative to cars. They’re legal on streets with speed limits up to 35 miles per hour. (Tampa Bay Times)
A California bill would require city and regional governments to make streets safer for cyclists, pedestrians, transit users and scooter riders. (CalBikes)
North Carolina Health News highlights NCBikeWalks, an organization working to educate residents on transportation safety.
Fort Worth’s poorest neighborhood received a $270,000 grant to improve transit access to stores and health care. (Star-Telegram)
Urbanist Zach Katz uses an AI program to create images of car-free utopias that are going viral on Twitter. (Axios, Streetsblog USA)

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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