Wednesday’s Headlines Tear Down This Wall
Er, freeway, but same difference. Problem is, cities and states are being forced to scale back plans for demolition.
By
Blake Aued
12:00 AM EST on December 14, 2022
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Advocates in cities like Tulsa and New Orleans are fighting to remove urban freeways tore apart Black communities, but with only $1 billion in Reconnecting Communities funding available, state DOTs are pushing more modest plans. (Route Fifty)
- Automakers made zero overall gains in fuel economy last year as the growing weight of trucks and SUVs offset any gains in efficiency. (Reuters)
- Today’s parking garages are more attractive than those gray cement boxes from the 1970s, but cities still waste too much space storing cars. (City Lab)
- Zipcar and ride-hailing didn’t do it, but experts are now predicting that car subscriptions will supplant owning, leasing or renting cars among the under-40 set. (Consumer Affairs)
- Self-driving cars aren’t the future — bikes are. (Arch Daily)
- If ever there were a rail project to hate, it’s probably this one in Mexico that’s destroying thousands of newly discovered Mayan artifacts, including whole villages buried in the jungle. (Washington Post)
- Public art is usually mediocre, but when it’s done well, it can really liven up spaces like transit stations. (Seattle Times)
- Will red-state Republicans still buy big honkin’ electric trucks if they think EVs are just for California liberals? (Los Angeles Times)
- Boston’s Green Line extension is finally open. (Streetsblog MASS)
- Austin saw a 50 percent drop in severe crashes on roads where signs are posted that tell drivers how fast they’re going. (KXAN)
- Dallas Area Rapid Transit is extending a 50 percent discount program for low-income and senior riders. (Community Impact)
- Fifty-five years after cowriting “A Day in the Life,” Paul McCartney still rides the bus. (Showbiz Cheat Sheet)
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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