Monday’s Headlines Are Moving Slowly
The New York Times takes a deep dive into California's high-speed rail project, why it's taking so long and how it got so expensive.
By
Blake Aued
12:00 AM EDT on October 10, 2022
- Uber cut a deal with Aptiv-Hyundai joint venture Motional to roll out self-driving taxis in major cities over the next 10 years. (Tech Crunch)
- A series of political compromises have added so much to the cost of California’s high-speed rail line that some former backers question whether it will ever be completed. (New York Times)
- California Gov. Gavin Newsom will call a special session of the legislature in December to push for a windfall tax on oil and gas companies. (Cal Matters)
- The L.A. Metro’s new K Line opened to the public on Friday. (Spectrum News)
- Traffic deaths fell in Philadelphia last year, but both crashes and serious injuries were up. (Philly Voice)
- It’s getting harder and harder for Chicago residents to find a bike-share bike because Divvy bikes keep getting stolen. They’ve been spotted as far away as Mexico. (CBS News)
- Does the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority need a new oversight agency? (Mass Transit)
- Indianapolis opened a new “super stop” with bus ticket vending machines, covered seating and other amenities. (Recorder)
- Environmentalists are opposed to a new mountain bike park in Des Moines. (Axios)
- A bike lane pilot project in Providence is over, and now officials must decide whether to keep it. (WPRI)
- Berkeley council members are starting to backtrack on a plan to remove parking to make way for a bike lane. (CBS News)
- Amtrak passengers endured a 19-hour ride between Pontiac, Michigan, and Chicago with no electricity, heat, food or working bathrooms. (MLive)
- Ten people were hurt when a crash pushed a New York City police car onto a sidewalk full of pedestrians. (USA Today)
- Washington, D.C. residents believe someone is deliberately leaving construction nails in a bike lane. (NBC Washington)
- A suspect known as “Ricky Bobby” is wanted for vandalizing Greenville, North Carolina sidewalks. (WITN)
- Transportation isn’t just for people — it’s for fish, too. (KING)
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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