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Thursday’s Headlines Want Their E-Bike Tax Refund

There's still a chance, even though the climate bill's authors ditched e-bike tax credits for EV tax credits that leave electric cars still out of reach financially.

By Blake Aued

12:00 AM EDT on August 11, 2022

Thursday’s Headlines Want Their E-Bike Tax Refund

Photo: PxFuel, CC

A tax credit for purchasing e-bikes was left out of Democrats’ big climate bill, but it could make it into another tax measure later this year. (The Verge)
Even with tax credits for electric cars from the Democrats’ new climate bill, EVs will still be too expensive for the average person to afford. (New York Times)
New York Magazine delves into Elon Musk’s tunnel-boring boondoggle, which author Paris Marx ranks among the tech industry’s many failures to transform transportation (Gizmodo).
Announcements for U.S. DOT RAISE grants are rolling in, and they’ll fund Complete Street projects in almost every state. (Streetsblog USA)
A four-day work week could cut carbon emissions, in part because workers would do less commuting. (Washington Post)
If autonomous vehicles really do reduce the need for parking, what do we do with all those empty parking structures? (Planetizen)
Rudy Giuliani claims a heart condition prevents him from flying, so a judge told him to take a bus, train or Uber to testify before a Georgia grand jury instead. (CBS News)
No, you probably won’t get monkeypox on public transit. (Georgia Public Broadcasting)
This Los Angeles Times story’s framing is all too common — putting peoples’ right to walk or bike without being killed on the same footing as drivers’ right to not sit in traffic.
Seattle-area residents 18 and under can ride Sound Transit for free starting September 1. (Smart Cities Dive)
Orange County, Florida, is adopting a Vision Zero strategy. (Click Orlando)
Nashville’s Vision Zero plan hasn’t been approved yet, but the city is already building new sidewalks. (News Channel)
Kansas City is building protected bike lanes on several streets. (Star)
Houston has a new funding formula to expedite construction of 1,800 miles of planned bike lanes. (Axios)
Tampa Bay’s streetcar is on pace to carry more than a million riders this year. (That’s So Tampa)

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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