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Wednesday’s Headlines Are Boom or Bust

Some cities capitalized on the pandemic to build up their bike infrastructure. Some didn't. Guess what happened?

By Blake Aued

12:00 AM EST on November 16, 2022

The pandemic bike boom is still booming in cities that took the opportunity to build better bike infrastructure. But a lot of them have gone backwards instead. (Wired)
Cities’ — often federally mandated — public input processes for transportation projects are broken, and it’s contributing to the bureaucracy that holds up progress without even representing the public at large. (Vice)
Lawmakers better regulate autonomous vehicles soon, or they’ll make our transportation system even worse, writes Yonah Freemark. (Next City)
Forget three-ton behemoths like the Ford F-150 Lightning. The future of electric vehicles has two wheels. (Protocol)
At least the Lightning doesn’t get 10 miles per gallon like the new Raptor. (Jalopnik)
A $10 billion plan to revitalize Union Station is coming together, but don’t expect it see it happen for at least another 18 years. (Washington Post)
The Oregon DOT is already reneging on its promise to use the I-5 project to stitch back together Portland’s Rose Quarter. (City Observatory)
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, a Republican, will appoint a new transit director two days before his Democratic replacement, Maura Healey, takes office. (Boston Globe)
Minneapolis’ new Vision Zero plan calls for more traffic enforcement cameras to combat an all-time high of 23 traffic deaths last year. (KSTP)
Backers of Denver’s sidewalk funding initiative have declared victory as voting results continue to trickle in. (Denverite)
Recognizing that intercity rail is a lifeline, Montana counties are banding together to try to lure Amtrak back to their communities. (Route Fifty)
A new Gainesville, Florida, policy calls for bike lanes on all new city streets, as well as existing streets that are wide enough to accommodate them. (4 News)
Drivers have crashed into the same California home twice in the past two years. (ABC 7)

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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