Wednesday’s Headlines Have Been Working on the Railroad
All the live-long day. That Biden-brokered union contract is looking like it might fall apart.
By
Blake Aued
12:00 AM EDT on October 12, 2022
- After one union rejected a White House-brokered deal (CNN), the threat of a railroad strike is back (New York Times).
- Federal funding now provides a unique opportunity to build out infrastructure for non-car transportation. (Smart Cities Dive)
- San Francisco’s empty train cars don’t bode well for transit ridership recovery in the rest of the country. (Bloomberg)
- Houston has a law requiring drivers to give cyclists three feet of space, but police aren’t enforcing it. (Chronicle)
- Connecticut is considering a vehicle-miles tax to fund roads as gas-tax revenue shrinks. (Mirror)
- Saudi Arabia cutting oil production is more than making up for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis cutting gas taxes (Orlando Sentinel). Who would’ve thunk it?
- Free transit passes for Philadelphia workers could be the key to saving SEPTA. (Citizen)
- Denver cycling advocates are pitching plans for a low-stress bike network. (Westword)
- Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson wants more help from the state in curbing reckless driving. (WTMJ)
- Nashville is rolling out 75 dockless e-bikes. (Tennessean)
- A new bike-share program launched in Harrisburg. (WGAL)
- Ann Arbor’s State Street is now curbless. (MLive)
- Superblocks may one day make it safe for kids to play outside again. (City Monitor)
- Neither snow, nor sleet shall stop Helsinki from eliminating car crashes. (City Lab)
- Men are from cars, women are from Venus. (Politico)
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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